Blaydon Burn, Otto Terrace

HER Number:
8438

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Burn, Otto Terrace

Place:
Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Industrial House

Site Type: Specific:
Workers Cottage

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This was a row of seven terraced houses for workers, facing the Ottovale works with gardens behind. The terrace was supplied with water from a reservoir in the valley below, which was pumped electrically to a 127,000 gallon cast-iron storage tank beside the works. The terrace appears in a photograph of c.1930 (GPL) but today there are no visible remains.

Easting:
1741

Northing:
6315

Grid Reference:
NZ17416315

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures