Sunderland Road, printing works
Sunderland Road, printing works
HER Number
              16106
          District
              Gateshead
          Site Name
              Sunderland Road, printing works
          Place
              Felling
          Map Sheet
              NZ26SE
          Class
              Industrial
          Site Type: Broad
              Printing and Publishing Site
          Site Type: Specific
              Printing Works
          General Period
              POST MEDIEVAL
          Specific Period
              Victorian 1837 to 1901
          Form of Evidence
              Demolished Building
          Description
              Stone workshops and car sales outlet, the remnant of a larger structure constructed by Walter Scott as a printing works. Subsequent to its use as a printing works the building hosted a number of other industrial concerns including Adamson and Green. This building was subject to several fires which had reduced the complex to its present size by 1960. The most interesting feature of the building was the extensive use of cast-iron columns, mostly submerged within later brick walls. The building was recorded prior to its demolition in 2009.
          Easting
              427130
          Northing
              562180
          Grid Reference
              NZ427130562180
    Sources
              Alan Williams Archaeology, 2009, Workshops at Sunderland Road Used Car Sales, Felling, Gateshead, Historic Buildings Recording, Alan Williams Archaeology, 2008, Workshops at Sunderland Road Used Car Sales, Felling, Gateshead, Historic Buildings Recording