Winlaton, Powder Magazine

HER Number:
1822

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Winlaton, Powder Magazine

Place:
Winlaton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Explosives Store

Site Type: Specific:
Powder Magazine

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Very well preserved powder magazine at Blaydon Burn Colliery, Mary Drift. Built of Cowen bricks to an interesting design. It comprises a small brick built store with two doorways (originally iron doors), internal cross wall and concrete roof. Built before 1919 to serve Mary coal drift which can be seen as a depression to the east. It was disused by 1953. Surviving colliery powder stores are rare nationally.

Easting:
163

Northing:
621

Grid Reference:
NZ163621

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1822 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, Blaydon and Winlaton Plan Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Blaydon and Winlaton Plan I.M. Ayris & P. Jubb, 1991, Struddars Farm, Gateshead Design, Observations on Possible re-use and Conversion English Heritage, Monument Protection Program Site Assessment