Tyne and Wear HER(5584): Ouseburn, St Ann's Yard - Details
5584
Newcastle
Ouseburn, St Ann's Yard
Ouseburn
NZ26SE
Transport
Stable
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
John Scott & Sons horse-drawn haulage yard and stables on Breamish Street. Built 1886-7 and still used up to 1968. Rare survival of an Ouseburn haulage yard, (there were many such yards in the Ouseburn valley in the 19th century and early 20th century as road haulage at this time was undertaken by horse and cart. Other Ouseburn carting firms included Grearson's of Stepney Road, Dickinson's, Currie & Co, Anderson's of Foundry Lane, Gribbin's, Rankin & Sons and Baxter's. The only other surviving complex is the smaller Stepney Bank Stables) The boundary walls, gatehouse, stable block, workshops, office and sheds survive. The original buildings are of red-brick brick, but they have been altered and extended. The interior of the stable block is of coursed rendered rubble. The blocked sockets for the floor joists of the hay loft are still visible, as are the hay loft windows. Site lies above the Victoria Tunnel and the Quayside Branch Line tunnel.
2616
6430
NZ26166430
<< HER 5584 >> R.E. Young & J.C. Mabbitt, Tyne and Wear Museums, 2002, St Ann's Yard, Byker, Archaeological Assessment & Buildings Survey
1999, Ouseburn Heritage, Issue 3