2010

NZ2465 : Claremont Buildings, Barras Bridge

taken 14 years ago, near to Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

Claremont Buildings, Barras Bridge
Claremont Buildings, Barras Bridge
Shops and offices on the corner of Barras Bridge and Claremont Road, now part of Newcastle University (former Chaplaincy). The building is dated 1896 by W. Hope for Fairless Harrison, Tanner with additions in 1905.
Tyne and Wear HER (8996): Newcastle, Eldon Place, Claremont Buildings LinkExternal link

Barras Bridge may take its name from burial mounds or barrows from the C12 leper hospital of St Mary Magdalene which was located on the site of St Mary's Place NZ2464 : St Mary's Place. The bridge provided a crossing over the Pandon Burn (now covered over), on the route north from the town.
Tyne and Wear HER (300): Newcastle, Barras Bridge LinkExternal link
Hidden streams of Newcastle :: NZ2464

In Medieval times, Newcastle was divided by several streams or burns flowing towards the River Tyne. Several of the roads have the term bridge in their names although no water is visible today. Examples are Barras Bridge, New Bridge Street, High Bridge and Low Bridge. They were often important sites for industry and settlement but hampered communications and development. As the town expanded they were filled in and now flow in culverts buried deep below the surface.

The Skinner Burn was culverted between 1840 and 1859. It flows under Bath Lane from just south of Corporation Street, beneath Thornton Street, then west of Clayton Street West, around the site of the old abattoir, and down the east edge of Forth Banks into the Tyne where there is a small outlet in the river wall.
Tyne and Wear HER(11104): Newcastle, Skinner Burn LinkExternal link

The Lort Burn rises in Leazes, between Barrack Road and Richardson Road, then runs across Richardson Road just north of the junction with Queen Victoria Road, down the north side of St. Thomas Street and bends south just after the junction with Percy Street and on beneath Grey Street and Dean Street and the Side. It was crossed by the High and Low Bridges. The Lort Burn was fully covered in 1784 because it was considered as "a vast nauseous hollow… a place of filth and dirt".
Tyne and Wear HER(11105) LinkExternal link

The Pandon Burn was a deep and wide glacial valley. It was crossed by Barras Bridge and New Bridge Street. The valley was filled in over the culverted stream in several stages, completed by 1886. Its waters are joined, before reaching the river, by the Erick Burn, which flows beneath the Laing Art Gallery. In 1977, during President Carter's visit to Newcastle, part of the infill of Pandon Dene south of the Civic Centre, subsided under the weight of the crowd.
Tyne and Wear HER(11114): Newcastle, Pandon Burn LinkExternal link

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Andrew Curtis   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 15 January, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 19 January, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 2486 6503 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:58.7556N 1:36.7869W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 2488 6500
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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