Tynemouth Pier, searchlight emplacement
Tynemouth Pier, searchlight emplacement
HER Number
1572
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth Pier, searchlight emplacement
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Anti Aircraft Defence Site
Site Type: Specific
Searchlight Battery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Ruined Building
Description
On the north side of pier road, at the west end of the quarry, there survives the remains of a searchlight emplacement built in 1897. It was designed to help the guns at the Castle and Spanish Battery fire at night, and was manned and maintained by the Tyne Electrical Engineers based at Cliffords Fort. Disused by World War II, and replaced by a new one at the land end of the pier. This 19th century example is the last to remain on the Tyne. LOCAL LIST
Easting
437280
Northing
569300
Grid Reference
NZ437280569300
Sources
<< HER 1572 >> Pers comm. A. Rudd, 1995, Letter regarding EH's application to build a wall south of Tynemouth Castle - North Tyneside Technical Services Dept.Planning applications
Council For British Archaeology, 1995, Twentieth Century Defences in Britain - An Introductory Guide Handbook of The Defence of Britain Project, p 62-63; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9)
Council For British Archaeology, 1995, Twentieth Century Defences in Britain - An Introductory Guide Handbook of The Defence of Britain Project, p 62-63; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9)