Birtley, St. Bede's Brick and Tileworks

HER Number:
8597

District:
Outside

Site Name:
Birtley, St. Bede's Brick and Tileworks

Place:
Birtley

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific:
Brickworks

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
1925-1963 St Bede’s brickworks stood about 1/3 mile south of Station Lane and operated from 1925-1963. It made field drainage pipes and special bricks such as bullnoses and half-round bricks for wall tops. The yard had nine Newcastle kilns. The drying flats were steam-heated.

Easting:
2677

Northing:
5519

Grid Reference:
NZ26775519

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 159 site 7, 163