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NZ2463 : Pottery Lane from Redheugh Bridge

near to Gateshead, Great Britain

Pottery Lane from Redheugh Bridge

The former NZ2463 : Forth Banks Goods Yard from Redheugh Bridge is on th left. Many of the rails have now been taken up and lie in piles to be be used for scrap. The ground surface here is actually a floor supported by an arched roof below which can be seen from ground level NZ2463 : Pottery Lane towards Redheugh Bridge
The ground on the right (south of Pottery Lane, west of the viaduct leading to King Edward Bridge) has had various uses. The 1855 plan shows a 'wrestling ground'. The 'Newcastle upon Tyne Wrestling and Great Northern Games' was held annually at the site until 1876 when the North East Railway Company acquired the land Link

Further east there was a glass-works and also an engine-works. In the late 1800s, two rows of terraced houses for railway workers were built parallel to the bridge viaduct known as Dale Street, and, on the site of the wrestling ground, a large array of horse stables used by the railway goods yard which later became garages.
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Forth Banks Goods Station

Construction started on Forth Banks Goods Station in 1866. It was designed by architect, Thomas Prosser, and was commissioned by the North Eastern Railway (NER). The Goods Station opened on the 3rd March 1871. There are photos of the interior here Link Link

In 1904, a new goods station was built for the NER, facing on to Forth Banks, on the end of Prosser's existing station. The probable architect was William Bell. It was extended eastwards by the building of a small, three storey, ferro-concrete shed in 1905. It was designed by William Bell and built by L G Mouchel's Hennebique Company. There is a 1989 photo here: Link
It is a Grade II Listed Building Link

Prosser's goods shed was cut in two by the building of the approach viaduct to the King Edward Bridge in 1904 but was one of the largest goods stations in the world. There is an aerial photo of the location from 1929 here Link

All that now survives of Prosser's goods shed is the undercroft, the south face of which is a sandstone wall pierced by arch headed openings which runs alongside Pottery Lane. The rest was demolished in 1972.

Some literature maintains that the Newcastle-Carlisle Railway once had a passenger station on this site, or even that the Forth Banks Goods Warehouse itself was once a railway station. There appears to be little evidence for this, and the confusion may have arisen from the its (second) temporary terminus (1847-1851) just west of Central Station being called Forth NZ2463 : Former site of Newcastle Forth Railway Station

Alan Young provides a plausible and likely scenario here Link

The first terminus of the railway after the first Scotswood Railway Bridge was built (1839), taking it from Blaydon to the north of the Tyne, is usually referred to as 'Shot Tower’ or ‘Railway Street’, located just north of the current Arena car park. It was used from 1839 to 1847 Link

The railway eventually terminated at Central Station shortly after it was completed in 1851.

SINE: Link
English Heritage Pastscape: Link
English Heritage Archives: Link
Tyne & Wear Sitelines: Link
A Brief History of the North Eastern Railway: Link Link
Disused Stations - Newcastle Link

Newcastle City Council - Character Statement Link

Planning permission has recently (2011) been granted for the incorporation of the buildings on Forth Banks (Bell's Goods Warehouse and Kings House), along with part of the site of the Goods Station at the rear, into a £37 million new Police Station for Northumbria Police.
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Much of this is detailed in the following blog Link

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Grid Square: NZ2463, 664 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Andrew Curtis (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Monday, 28 November, 2011 (more nearby)
Submitted: Wednesday, 30 November, 2011
Geographical Context: Lowlands Roads, Road transport City, Town centre Railways
Subject Location: OSGB36: NZ 2442 6338 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:57.8673N 1:37.2077W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: NZ 2436 6333
View Direction: Northeast (about 45 degrees)