Lamesley, smithy

HER Number:
5141

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Lamesley, smithy

Place:
Lamesley

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Metal Workers Workshop

Site Type: Specific:
Blacksmiths Workshop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Now converted to form rooms for the adjacent public house and hotel the early 19th century single storey smithy building retains a number of internal features, principally two hearths.

Easting:
250

Northing:
577

Grid Reference:
NZ250577

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5141 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 50; Gateshead Council, April 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Proposed Lamesley Conservation Area, pp 82-85 (Supplementary Planning Guidance), pp 88-90; Gateshead Council, July 2003, Lamesley Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategy and Character Statement (Appendix to Supplementary Planning Guidance 1), pp 29-34