Stargate Brickworks
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
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
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.
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
416200
Northing
563200
Grid Reference
NZ416200563200
Sources
P.J. Davison, 1986, Brickworks of the North East, pp 86-87, site 5 and p 98