Tyne and Wear HER(1633): Swalwell, Derwent Brass Works - Details
1633
Gateshead
Swalwell, Derwent Brass Works
Swalwell
NZ26SW
Industrial
Metal Works
Brass Works
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
There have been buildings on this site since at least Ordnance Survey first edition.By the third edition a large building on the site is named as Derwent Brass Works and this survives today [2006]. The existing building is built of yellow brick, but incorporates a west elevation of roughly hewn and roughly coursed stone, supported by yellow brick buttresses. First floor windows have a brick arch above and bricks laid on face below. The southern elevation is of modern red brick.
2019
6200
NZ20196200
<< HER 1633 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Dunston and Swalwell Plan Area; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2005, Collingwood Buildings, Quality Row, Swalwell, Gateshead - Archaeological Assessment and Photographic Recording