Newcastle town wall, Pink Tower
Newcastle town wall, Pink Tower
HER Number
1526
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Newcastle town wall, Pink Tower
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Town Defences
Site Type: Specific
Town Wall
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
Until its removal in 1852, and because it had never been occupied by a company, the Pink Tower is reported to have been, "the most complete example of the single-chambered towers extant", though it "had been slightly but unnecessarily encroached upon for the formation of Clayton Street...". Surviving illustrations show that it possessed all the features typical of the semi- circular towers. Apparently let in 1770 to Thomas Blackett, a Newcastle merchant, for use as a brewhouse.
Easting
424470
Northing
563990
Grid Reference
NZ424470563990
Sources
<< HER 1526 >> J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 10
E. Mackenzie, 1827, View of Newcastle, 109
T.M. Richardson, 1880, Memorials of Old Newcastle-upon-Tyne, pl. xxxvii
S. Holmes, 1896, The Town Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, 13
C.H.H. Blair, 1937, The Walls of Newcastle...illustrated...by George Bouchier Richardson, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XIV, 126 and pls. xiv, xv.1
M.A. Richardson, 1846, Local Historian's Table Book, Historical Division, V, 340
G.B. Richardson, 19th century, The Walls of Newcastle, 123 -Newcastle University Library Unpublished MS
National Record Officelment Books, 1770, 544.13, p. 282 Tyne and Wear Archive Service
E. Mackenzie, 1827, View of Newcastle, 109
T.M. Richardson, 1880, Memorials of Old Newcastle-upon-Tyne, pl. xxxvii
S. Holmes, 1896, The Town Walls of Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XVIII, 13
C.H.H. Blair, 1937, The Walls of Newcastle...illustrated...by George Bouchier Richardson, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XIV, 126 and pls. xiv, xv.1
M.A. Richardson, 1846, Local Historian's Table Book, Historical Division, V, 340
G.B. Richardson, 19th century, The Walls of Newcastle, 123 -Newcastle University Library Unpublished MS
National Record Officelment Books, 1770, 544.13, p. 282 Tyne and Wear Archive Service