Beamish Burn, engine house and windlass
Beamish Burn, engine house and windlass
HER Number
6960
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Beamish Burn, engine house and windlass
Place
Beamish Burn
Map Sheet
NZ25SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
Site Type: Specific
Engine House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Ruined Building
Description
Ruined remains of a brick and stone engine house as seen on Ordnance Survey first edition. The associated remains of a further engine house on the Durham side of the river are also very substantial. There is tumbled stonework in the river.
Easting
422530
Northing
553910
Grid Reference
NZ422530553910
Sources
Ordnance Survey first edition map 1850