Blaydon Burn, waggonway bridge

HER Number:
8444

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Burn, waggonway bridge

Place:
Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Bridge

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Carrying the Blaydon Burn waggonway across the Burn. Built c.1840 when Joseph Cowen received wayleave for the waggonway running from the High Yard at Blaydon Burn hamlet to the Newcastle-Carlisle Railway. The lower courses of the northwest face of the are almost certainly built on the foundation of the earlier 1840 bridge (Plate 68). The present bridge is constructed of randomly coursed sandstone including some larger square cut blocks (possibly from an earlier structure). The arch includes yellow firebrick as does the north side of the bridge which has been heavily remodelled. The south side of the structure is faced in shuttered concrete. Although heavily modified the lower courses of stonework on the culvert are of square cut rusticated sandstone blocks and may relate to the earlier waggonway bridge, elements of which can also be seen on the southeast face of the bridge just upstream of the dam.

Easting:
1744

Northing:
6324

Grid Reference:
NZ17446324

Lats/Lons:

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