Throckley, Hexham Road (south side), Valve House

HER Number:
1965

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Throckley, Hexham Road (south side), Valve House

Place:
Throckley

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Regulation Installation

Site Type: Specific:
Valve House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
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

Easting:
1527

Northing:
6684

Grid Reference:
NZ15276684

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1965 >> 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