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Latitude: 53.0462 / 53°2'46"N
Longitude: -2.2682 / 2°16'5"W
OS Eastings: 382119
OS Northings: 349916
OS Grid: SJ821499
Mapcode National: GBR 02H.3C3
Mapcode Global: WHBCL.4P6K
Plus Code: 9C5V2PWJ+FP
Entry Name: Blast Furnace
Listing Date: 27 September 1972
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1219970
English Heritage Legacy ID: 385970
ID on this website: 101219970
Location: Springwood, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5
County: Staffordshire
District: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Electoral Ward/Division: Chesterton
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire
Church of England Parish: Chesterton Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: Architectural structure Blast furnace
NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME
SJ84NW SPRINGWOOD ROAD, Chesterton
644-1/3/61 (North West side)
27/09/72 Blast Furnace
II
Blast furnace. 1790-1801. Brick. Built against slope to
facilitate charging, with battered lower walls and raking top.
Splayed archway to tapping hole, with square fire chamber of
stone gathered into funnel-shaped shaft. Built by Thomas
Kynnersley, and steam-powered. Steam engine taken out of use
in 1833, the casting house converted to cottages (now
demolished) in 1834.
Listing NGR: SJ8211949916
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