Tyne and Wear HER(1809): Winlaton, Sharpes Joinery Works - Details
1809
Gateshead
Winlaton, Sharpes Joinery Works
Winlaton
NZ16SE
Industrial
Metal Smelting Site
Forge
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
Single storey stone building with a wooden extension between Knowledge Hill and Parliament Street, formerly a forge. The hearth and bellows survive, together with the antiquated joinery equipment. These are the only active remains of the cottage industry on which the whole settlement was originally founded.
1760
6216
NZ17606216
<< HER 1809 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, Blaydon and Winlaton Plan
Pers comm. B. Jarvis, 1978 Historic Environment Record