Howdon, Percybank Brick and Tile Works

HER Number:
2121

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Howdon, Percybank Brick and Tile Works

Place:
Howdon

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific:
Brickworks

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
One of the southern branches of the Blyth and Tyne Railway (HER ref. 1055) appears to run to this site. The site was first leased from the Duke of Northumberland in 1835, by John Sadler. By 1852, production was up to 1¼ million bricks and the same number of tiles. In 1853 the works were up for sale. They consisted of a pug mill, 3 large kilns with coal stores, a 72x15 yard tile drying shade, with 2 smaller ones and two quays on the river Tyne. The buildings were wooden with pantile roofs. The extent of the site is unclear from the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan.

Easting:
3474

Northing:
6628

Grid Reference:
NZ34746628

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2121 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98 P J. Davidson, 1986, The Brickworks of the North East, p.62