Blaydon Burn, Otto Terrace

HER Number

8438

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Blaydon Burn, Otto Terrace

Place

Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Industrial House

Site Type: Specific

Workers Cottage

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This was a row of seven terraced houses for workers, facing the Ottovale works with gardens behind. The terrace was supplied with water from a reservoir in the valley below, which was pumped electrically to a 127,000 gallon cast-iron storage tank beside the works. The terrace appears in a photograph of c.1930 (GPL) but today there are no visible remains.

Easting

417410

Northing

563150

Grid Reference

NZ417410563150

Sources

Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures