Gateshead, South Shore Road, Kelvin Engineering Works

HER Number:
5763

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, South Shore Road, Kelvin Engineering Works

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Engineering Industry Site

Site Type: Specific:
Engineering Workshop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Former engineering workshop (South Shore Engineering Works) of C19 date. May originally have been built as part of the New Woolich Works (HER 4400). Lower sections of the walls are of cut sandstone to a height of 2m. Above this are red and yellow bricks in English Garden Wall. Corrugated iron roof with raised portion of the roof, or lantern, extending the full length of the ridge. Arched entranceway. Arched and round windows. Toilet extension added 1917. A single storey warehouse was built in 1961 and a two storey office extension was added in 1962. The interior retains three cast iron pillars supporting a large extraction or ventilation pipe and an observation or control platform. A modern gantry with steel tracks runs along the full width of the building. Not shown on Oliver's map of 1830, but is shown on first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1862 and Reid's map of 1882. On the second edition Ordnance Survey it is known as South Shore Engineering Works. By 1940 it was part of the Kelvin Engineering Works. Demolished 2005. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
2604

Northing:
6389

Grid Reference:
NZ26046389

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5763 >> Broadway Malyan, 2002, Baltic Quay, South Shore Road, Gateshead, Environmental Impact Assessment, p 244; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2005, Kelvin Works Site, South Shore Road, Gateshead - Archaeological Assessment and Building Recording, Gateshead Local List