Ayres Quay, Lime Kilns

Ayres Quay, Lime Kilns

HER Number
1709
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Ayres Quay, Lime Kilns
Place
Ayres Quay
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Chemical Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Lime Kiln
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
The present structure has three stone-pointed arches, two brick-lined rounded arches and the remains of a third brick-lined round arch. There is a group of three semi-circular lime kilns by the riverside on the south bank. The complex probably dates from the 18th century.
Easting
439000
Northing
557600
Grid Reference
NZ439000557600
Sources
<< HER 1709 >> Tyne and Wear Joint Conservation Team, 1975, Card Index of Industrial Sites
Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in River Wear plan area