Stargate Brickworks

HER Number:
8501

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Stargate Brickworks

Place:
Stargate

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific:
Brickyard

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The brickyard at Stargate is recorded in 1874, when it had four kilns. The bricks were marked S.C.C. and mainly used in the Company’s pits and workmen’s cottages, with special firebricks going to Addison coke ovens. Manufacturer at Stargate Colliery from 1875-1926 was the Stella Coal Company. 19th/20th Century Brickworks; 1875-1930. Source: Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 86, 87 site 5, 98.

Easting:
162

Northing:
632

Grid Reference:
NZ162632

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
P.J. Davison, 1986, Brickworks of the North East, pp 86-87, site 5 and p 98