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Latitude: 54.9456 / 54°56'43"N
Longitude: -1.9988 / 1°59'55"W
OS Eastings: 400171
OS Northings: 561210
OS Grid: NZ001612
Mapcode National: GBR GCH7.1Y
Mapcode Global: WHB2F.8YFK
Plus Code: 9C6WW2W2+6F
Entry Name: The Gashouse at Shepherds Dene
Listing Date: 24 June 2004
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1390863
English Heritage Legacy ID: 491576
ID on this website: 101390863
Location: Riding Lea, Northumberland, NE44
County: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Broomhaugh and Riding
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland
Church of England Parish: St James, Riding Mill
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
Tagged with: Architectural structure
BROOMHAUGH AND RIDING
1616/0/10010 RIDING HILL
24-JUN-04 The gashouse at Shepherds Dene
GV II
Gas house, now a store, c.1906-7, associated with the main house of Shepherd's Dene to the west. Octagonal, of roughly squared rubble sandstone with dressed blocks for lintels and sills, octagonal roof covered in thin tiles of mineral felt with angled corners. Wooden ventilator finial of square plan, lower section with tall pierced panels sheltered by wide dentilled coping, below tall tapered and coped finial. South facing door of flat boarded panels, flanked by two window openings, now boarded. Interior: plastered. Tap at east side and wide drain below with a hole out through the side wall. Exposed panel in rear wall with timber at intervals, suggesting a wall fitting.
Acetylene gas, discovered in 1836, was used as a lighting source and was well established by the end of the nineteenth century. It was produced by combining calcium carbide and water, a potentially explosive process which meant that it was best carried out away from the house.
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