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Tynemouth Road, NORTH SHIELDS, NE30 4AY

This building is now part of a sheltered housing complex called Mariners Court, but was previously the railway station for Tynemouth, opened in 1847. After the present station was built in 1882, it became a goods station until 1959. An indication of its former status are the shields above the doorway which show the coat of arms of Tynemouth.

This was originally Oxford Street Station, the first railway station in Tynemouth, opened in 1847. In 1882 it was superseded as a passenger station by a new one on Station Terrace, the present Tynemouth Station. The old one continued as a goods station until 1959. In recent years it was incorporated into a sheltered housing project called Mariners Point.

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Opened by the Newcastle and Berwick Railway on 29 March 1847 to the designs of John and Benjamin Green and R Nicholson, the station closed to passengers with the opening of the current Metro Station by the North Eastern Railway on 3 July 1882. The station was retained for goods use until March 1959. Now residential accommodation, the station building is listed, Grade II. Further information on Disused Stations http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/t/tynemouth_nb/index.shtml

Another view is shown in Image, and info about the building is given on a blue plaque shown in Image (both photos by Alan Heardman).

Looking along Tynemouth Road from the junction with Oxford Street.

Opened in 1847 and designed for the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company by architects John and Benjamin Green, who also designed the Theatre Royal in Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, this well kept building now forms part of the Mariner's Point housing development. The street-facing facade of the building has four shields set into the stonework, two of which contain three castles. There is a fine oriel window in the gable peak and the building is Grade II Listed. For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit www.northtynesidewalks.co.uk

On Tynemouth Road, coming into the town centre from North Shields. Formally known as the T A Centre (Territorial Army Centre).

This original nameplate is a fairly rare historic and attractive detail. For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit www.northtynesidewalks.co.uk

The Drill Hall, known as the new Clifford's Fort Drill Hall, has been used by the Tyne Electrical Engineers since 1928. For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit www.northtynesidewalks.co.uk