Sharpes Joinery Works
Sharpes Joinery Works
HER Number
1809
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Sharpes Joinery Works
Place
Winlaton
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Metal Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Forge
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Single storey stone building with a wooden extension between Knowledge Hill and Parliament Street, formerly a forge. The hearth and bellows survive, together with the antiquated joinery equipment. These are the only active remains of the cottage industry on which the whole settlement was originally founded.
Easting
417600
Northing
562160
Grid Reference
NZ417600562160
Sources
<< HER 1809 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, Blaydon and Winlaton Plan
Pers comm. B. Jarvis, 1978 Historic Environment Record
Pers comm. B. Jarvis, 1978 Historic Environment Record