Ravensworth, gasometer and gas house

HER Number

13473

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Ravensworth, gasometer and gas house

Place

Ravensworth

Map Sheet

NZ25NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Gas Holder

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

There is a steeply sloping bowl shaped hollow in the woodland which once housed a gasometer. The gasometer and gas house, a short distance away to the south are shown on the OS second edition map.

Easting

423470

Northing

559080

Grid Reference

NZ423470559080

Sources

North of England Civic Trust, April 2008, Ravensworth Castle and Estate, Gateshead, Conservation Plan, Appendix A, page 89