Felling, Sunderland Road, printing works

HER Number:
16106

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Felling, Sunderland Road, printing works

Place:
Felling

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Printing and Publishing Site

Site Type: Specific:
Printing Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Stone workshops and car sales outlet, the remnant of a larger structure constructed by Walter Scott as a printing works. Subsequent to its use as a printing works the building hosted a number of other industrial concerns including Adamson and Green. This building was subject to several fires which had reduced the complex to its present size by 1960. The most interesting feature of the building was the extensive use of cast-iron columns, mostly submerged within later brick walls. The building was recorded prior to its demolition in 2009.

Easting:
2713

Northing:
6218

Grid Reference:
NZ27136218

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Williams Archaeology, 2009, Workshops at Sunderland Road Used Car Sales, Felling, Gateshead, Historic Buildings Recording, Alan Williams Archaeology, 2008, Workshops at Sunderland Road Used Car Sales, Felling, Gateshead, Historic Buildings Recording