WYLAM FORGE
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1155062
Date first listed: 11-Sep-1975
Statutory Address: WYLAM FORGE, WEST VIEW
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Location
Statutory Address: WYLAM FORGE, WEST VIEW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish: Wylam
National Grid Reference: NZ 11756 64555
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
The following building shall be down graded from grade II* (star) to
grade II.
NZ 16 SW WYLAM WEST VIEW
19/160 Wylam Forge
11/9/75 II
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NZ 16 SW WYLAM WEST VIEW
19/160 Wylam Forge
11/9/75
II*
Formerly forge, part of workshops at Wylam Colliery, now part of garage.
Late C18 or early C19. Random rubble with pantile and asbestos roof. Single
storey. 2 rooms. Left room has window with old brick sill and no frame.
Double entry to right also without door. Right room has central double doors
and large flanking shuttered windows with old brick sills. Blacksmith's
window on left return and Yorkshire sash to rear. Gabled roof.
The last remaining part of the buildings where William Hedley built Puffing
Billy and Wylam Dilly.
Included for historical interest.
Timothy Hackworth, John Foster and William Hedley built the first Wylam engine
in 1811, the first properly useful steam locomotive, followed by the preserved
puffing Billy and Wylam DIlly in 1814-15.
Listing NGR: NZ1175664555
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 239533
Legacy System: LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing