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Watch House Museum
The Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade, founded in 1864, was the first such organisation in the country. The Watch House was built 1886-1887 overlooking the Black Midden rocks in the mouth of the River Tyne, on which many ships were wrecked and lives lost. The watch house served as a look-out post and the aim was to save lives by firing rocket-borne lines to shipwrecks to rescue sailors and passengers.[1] Today the building is still in use by the Brigade and also includes a museum for visitors. The building and museum had a major restoration in 2014/15 for the 150th anniversary of the Brigade.[2] It is located by the Spanish Battery in Tynemouth, close to the Collingwood Monument. The Watch House is Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England.
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TYNEMOUTH WATCH HOUSE - List Entry
- "Volunteer Life Brigade watch house 1886-7 by C.T. Gomoszynski, Borough Engineer. Weatherboarding on painted rendered plinth; right return has painted brick chimney stack; Welsh slate roof with wood finials and …
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Simon Cotterill
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Tyne and Wear HER(2214): Tynemouth, Pier Road, Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House
- "The Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House, Tynemouth. This Life Brigade was the first in the country to be formed (in 1864). The Watch House was built in 1886 and is …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from http://www.tvlb.org/TVLB%20Ma…
Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House Museum
- "The Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House Museum contains a unique collection of artefacts that recreate the dramatic history of the Tynemouth Volunteeer Life Brigade and their involvement in heroic …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
Co-Curate Page
Black Middens Rocks
- Overview About the Balck Middens Map Street View The Black Middens are a rock formation at the mouth of the River Tyne. In the past they were a particularly dangerous hazard …
Co-Curate Page
Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
- In November 1864 five ships were wrecked on Black Middens rocks during 3 days of storms, adding to the many lives lost over the years because of the treacherous rocks. …
from http://www.chroniclelive.co.u…
Take a sneak peek inside newly-restored museum in Tynemouth
- Article by Sonia Sharma, Chronicle Live, 11th Feb 2015. Includes a video of the museum.
Added by
Simon Cotterill
Co-Curate Page
Spanish Battery
- The Spanish Battery is the promontory (headland) and site of a 16th century fort at Tynemouth, which overlooks the mouth of the River Tyne; it is also sometimes known as Freestone Point. Henry …
from https://historicengland.org.u…
TYNEMOUTH WATCH HOUSE - List Entry
- "Volunteer Life Brigade watch house 1886-7 by C.T. Gomoszynski, Borough Engineer. Weatherboarding on painted rendered plinth; right return has painted brick chimney stack; Welsh slate roof with wood finials and …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from http://twsitelines.info/SMR/2…
Tyne and Wear HER(2214): Tynemouth, Pier Road, Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House
- "The Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House, Tynemouth. This Life Brigade was the first in the country to be formed (in 1864). The Watch House was built in 1886 and is …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from http://www.tvlb.org/TVLB%20Ma…
Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House Museum
- "The Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House Museum contains a unique collection of artefacts that recreate the dramatic history of the Tynemouth Volunteeer Life Brigade and their involvement in heroic …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
Co-Curate Page
Black Middens Rocks
- Overview About the Balck Middens Map Street View The Black Middens are a rock formation at the mouth of the River Tyne. In the past they were a particularly dangerous hazard …
Co-Curate Page
Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
- In November 1864 five ships were wrecked on Black Middens rocks during 3 days of storms, adding to the many lives lost over the years because of the treacherous rocks. …
from http://www.chroniclelive.co.u…
Take a sneak peek inside newly-restored museum in Tynemouth
- Article by Sonia Sharma, Chronicle Live, 11th Feb 2015. Includes a video of the museum.
Added by
Simon Cotterill
Co-Curate Page
Spanish Battery
- The Spanish Battery is the promontory (headland) and site of a 16th century fort at Tynemouth, which overlooks the mouth of the River Tyne; it is also sometimes known as Freestone Point. Henry …
List number: 1184976
List grade: 2
Tyne & Wear HER: 2214
Post code: NE30 4DD
Borough: North Tyneside
Grid ref: NZ3725269053
List grade: 2
Tyne & Wear HER: 2214
Post code: NE30 4DD
Borough: North Tyneside
Grid ref: NZ3725269053
