Tyne and Wear HER(1964): Throckley, Hexham Road (north side), Valve House - Details
1964
Newcastle
Throckley, Hexham Road (north side), Valve House
Throckley
NZ16NE
Water Supply and Drainage
Water Regulation Installation
Valve House
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
Two valve houses, built for the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company in c.1870 and c.1890, stand on either side of Hexham Road as part of the improvements in the water supply to the growing town in the 1870s. LISTED GRADE 2
1522
6693
NZ15226693
<< HER 1964 >> Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, Throckley Middle School, Hexham Road, Throckley Archaeological Assessment
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 68