Front Street, electricity substation

HER Number

12782

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Front Street, electricity substation

Place

Cleadon

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Electricity Sub Station

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

A pre-First World War electricity substation. Brick built with a rosemary tile roof. It is surmounted by a square tower with an open ventilation lantern with a lead ogee shaped roof. It has projecting brick cills and a dog-tooth brick cornice.

Easting

438550

Northing

562370

Grid Reference

NZ438550562370

Sources

South Tyneside Council, 2007, Cleadon Conservation Area Character Appraisal, page 34; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas