Dial Cottage Killingworth
George stephenson s dial cottage.
Dial cottage killingworth. George stephenson also made the sun dial over the front door which gives the cottage its name. George stephenson s dial cottage killingworth newcastle. George stephenson s dial cottage killingworth newcastle.
Dial cottage westmoor near killingworth you can still see the cottage where george stephenson lived from 1804 when he worked as a brakesman at killingworth pit. Although great tyneside engineer george stephenson the father of the railways was born in wylam he moved to dial cottage kilingworth at the age of 23 with his wife and son robert who also went on to have a distinguished career in engineering himself. Dial cottage west moor near killingworth.
It was there that stephenson developed one of the earliest locomotives called the blücher which ran on the killingworth colliery railway in 1814. George was just starting out on his incredible career when he moved into the cottage as a brakeman in charge of winding machinery at nearby west moor colliery but was internationally famous by the time he relocated to newcastle twenty. It is privately owned but can be seen from the road and opens to the public once or twice a year.
This is dial cottage westmoor formerly killingworth colliery in the 19th century. Later build at left of coursed squared sandstone with quoins. Take a tour of the stephenson family home dial cottage youtube expressions of interest are being sought for the former family home of george and robert stephenson dial cottage in great lime.
The cottage is now a museum. Dial cottage west moor nz274705 still standing on the great lime road a little to the south of killingworth this splendid little relic of the past was home to george stephenson and his young family during the early years of the nineteenth century. Dial cottage in westmoor is also where his equally talented son robert grew up.
The plaque above the door of dial cottage reads. Earlier build sandstone rubble with quoins. George stephenson s dial cottage.