Tyne and Wear HER(5451): Ouseburn, Stepney Bank, windmill - Details
5451
Newcastle
Ouseburn, Stepney Bank, windmill
Ouseburn
NZ26SE
Industrial
Wind Power Site
Windmill
Post Medieval
C18
Documentary Evidence
At the western end of Stepney Pottery (HER 5281) on Stepney Bank stood a five-sailed windmill. The operator was listed in a 1858 directory as a sand miller. The mill was possibly designed by the famous engineer Smeaton. The site was cleared for the building of Byker Bridge.
2597
6455
NZ25976455
<< HER 5451 >> I. Ayris, Ouseburn Heritage, p 22; The Archaeological Practice Ltd. 2008, Stepney Bank, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Assessment