2012

NZ2664 : Former site of Liddle-Henzell 's Ouseburn Glassworks

taken 12 years ago, near to Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

Former site of Liddle-Henzell 's Ouseburn Glassworks
Former site of Liddle-Henzell 's Ouseburn Glassworks
The Ouseburn Valley held the England-wide monopoly on glassworks in the C17th. The bridge across the lower Ouse Burn is still known as The Glasshouse Bridge. The artwork, 'Ten green bottles' in painted steel by Lewis Robinson (2002) sit on a ledge half way up the wall providing a memorial to the industry, and there are other 'bottles' incorporated in the walkway railings. Someone had recently added a real lager bottle to make eleven.

Within the warehouse building beyond the wall is a chimney base standing adjacent to a probable tank furnace base (a concreted-over void). The chimney was demolished in 2002. Five flue-arches leading towards the former furnace can be seen above the Ouseburn, now adjacent to the walkway along the north bank. This was the site of a bottle-making factory.

Tyne and Wear HER (1913, 1914, 1915): Ouseburn, Glass Houses LinkExternal link
Ouseburn

The area beside the Ouse Burn north of its junction with the River Tyne was the cradle of the Industrial Revolution in Newcastle and was once home to many thriving (and very dirty) heavy crafts and industries. It fell into disuse and dereliction by the mid-twentieth century. The incarnation of the Valley in 1996 as a cultural regeneration hotspot was initiated by the Ouseburn Trust, in partnership with the local authority. The Trust remains a landlord and developer in the Ouseburn, and seeks to involve people in the heritage and regeneration of the area through its programme of free walks, talks and volunteering activities.

The river was previously tidal from roughly below Byker Bridge, revealing dark mud at low tide. The Ouseburn tidal barrage at the river mouth, which was completed in 2009, now retains high water in the Ouseburn at low tide, with the objective of providing a pleasanter environment alongside its banks at low tide, thus promoting development.

Tyne and Wear HER(11417): Ouseburn, Lower Ouseburn Valley Conservation Area LinkExternal link
Wikipedia: LinkExternal link
Ouseburn Trust: LinkExternal link
Ouseburn Walk: LinkExternal link
National Trail Lower Ouseburn Walk: LinkExternal link
Old Ouseburn pubs LinkExternal link
Ouseburn's Industrial Past LinkExternal link


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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Wall [37] · Ouse Burn [30] · Ouseburn Valley [30] · North [22] · Glasshouse Bridge [20] Other Photos: · Lower Ouseburn ·
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NZ2664, 483 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Andrew Curtis   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 19 February, 2012   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 19 February, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 2635 6435 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:58.3844N 1:35.3938W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 2634 6434
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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