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Monument Number 1450456
Hob Uid: 1450456
Location : Cumbria South Lakeland Preston Patrick, Preston Richard
Grid Ref : SD5483885871
Summary : Site of cooperage built 1880 by W H Wakefield & Co to make packaging for their nearby Gatebeck Low Gunpowder Works (UID 1086908), and also sell boxes and barrels on the open market. The complex was water-powered, and stood on the left bank of the Peasey Beck immediately outside Gatebeck hamlet. The site had previously been home to a foundry operated by Messrs Winder between 1781 and c 1841 and a bleachery belonging to the firm of Waithman's from at least 1858 to c 1880. Wakefield's added numerous buildings or converted them out of the inherited building stock, including timber stores and a sawmill. From c 1896 the site also housed various buildings relating to an extension of the gunpowder works, known as Gatebeck High Works (1450452) which was developed directly opposite the cooperage across the Peasey Beck. The complex became redundant with the demise of the whole gunpowder works in 1936. The buildings were progressively demolished and replaced by modern industrial units; only a single building, whose original function is unclear, now survives, adjacent to the Peasey Beck.
More information : SD 5483 8589 (FCE). Site of cooperage built 1880 by W H Wakefield & Co to make packaging for their nearby Gatebeck Low Gunpowder Works (SD 58 NW 34), and also sell boxes and barrels on the open market. The complex was water-powered, and stood on the left bank of the Peasey Beck immediately outside Gatebeck hamlet. The site had previously been home to a foundry operated by Messrs Winder between 1781 and c 1841 and a bleachery belonging to the firm of Waithman's from at least 1858 to c 1880. Wakefield's added numerous buildings or converted them out of the inherited building stock, including timber stores and a sawmill. The sawmill replaced an earlier mill (SD 58 NW 93) at the Low Gunpowder Works, which was converted to other uses. Not surveyed, but recorded from documentary evidence as part of the EH: Gatebeck Low Gunpowder Works Survey. See report (1a) and archive in the NMR for full details. (1) From c 1896 the site also housed various buildings relating to an extension of the gunpowder works, known as Gatebeck High Works (SD 58 NW 85) which was developed directly opposite the cooperage across the Peasey Beck. The complex became redundant with the demise of the whole gunpowder works in 1936. The buildings were progressively demolished and replaced by modern industrial units; only a single building, whose original function is unclear, now survives, adjacent to the Peasey Beck. (2)

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Source details : Marcus Jecock/14-JUN-2006/EH Cumbrian Gunpowder Industry Project
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Source Number : 1A
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Source details : M Jecock, C Dunn, A Hunt, P Sinton, N Archer, M Bentley, T Berry, I Goodall, A Menuge and S Taylor 2009, Gatebeck Low Gunpowder Works and the Workers' Settlements of Endmoor and Gatebeck (RDRS 63-2009), 16, 120-2 and 167-73
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Hanoverian
Monument End Date : 1841
Monument Start Date : 1781
Monument Type : Foundry, Watermill
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Operational by 1858
Monument End Date : 1880
Monument Start Date : 1858
Monument Type : Bleachery, Watermill
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1936
Monument Start Date : 1880
Monument Type : Cooperage, Saw Mill, Watermill
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Demolished Building

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SD 58 NW 86
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2006-01-01
End Date : 2006-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2006-02-20
End Date : 2006-06-14

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1450456