Skears Plantation

Rumours coffee shop and the HQ of the Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Services.

Bridge over Hudeshope Beck at the point where the tarmac runs out and a footpath begins.

Heading south towards Middleton in Teesdale along the minor road above the Hudeshope Beck.

Grade II listed C13th window tracery from former church of St Mary, set in the graveyard of the modern church.

The incline was used to draw material up the shaft at the top by filling a railed water tank which ran down the incline, returning once the water was released.

Extensive former lead mine built by the London Lead Company. The site included several shafts and levels and adjacent hushes. Though the heyday was the 19th century, smaller scale operation continued until 1953. The site is now a scheduled monument and the remaining buildings are grade II listed. Info: Link

A group of 6 lime kilns of varying age adjacent to the former Skears Quarry.

House built in 1823. By Ignatius Bonomi for London Lead Company, as agent's house and office, with later C19 addition of porch and right wing. The house has historical interest as the principal London Lead Company building in the area. Grade II Listed Building (List Entry 1322803): Link

Clock tower, weighbridge with adjoining stables adjoining. Built in mid C19 for the London Lead Company. Grade II Listed (List Entry 1121580): Link There is another photo here: NY9425 : Clock and weighbridge tower adjoining Middleton House

The spike behind the finial ball is the centre of the ogee pyramidal roof of the right wing of Middleton House.

The monument includes the ruins, earthworks and other remains of the Coldberry lead mine and Red Grooves Hushes and ore works. The monument lies between the Hudeshope and Bow Lee becks, 3km NNW of the village of Middleton in Teesdale. The early history of the lead workings at Coldberry is uncertain though more than two million tons of material had been removed from the hush prior to the mid-18th century. The mines were later worked by an extensive network of levels and dressing floors were built on artificial terraces in the 19th century. The mine declined thereafter though an oreshoot was worked between the late 1930s and 1953. The Coldberry Gutter hush, situated on the watershed between the Hudeshope and Bow Lee becks and running through Hardberry Hill, measures 1.7m long and is up to 50m wide by 30m deep. At the east end of the hush stand the remains of the largely mid-19th century Coldberry Mine built by the London Lead Company. The mine includes a two-storey mine lodging shop measuring 22m by 10m, a table and smithy block measuring 8m by 14m, a 2m high level arch and retaining wall and a roofed powder store, approximately 5m square, situated to the north west of the main complex. All are Grade II Listed Buildings. Historic England Scheduled Monument (1015863): Link

The monument includes the ruins, earthworks and other remains of the Coldberry lead mine and Red Grooves Hushes and ore works. The monument lies between the Hudeshope and Bow Lee becks, 3km NNW of the village of Middleton in Teesdale. The early history of the lead workings at Coldberry is uncertain though more than two million tons of material had been removed from the hush prior to the mid-18th century. The mines were later worked by an extensive network of levels and dressing floors were built on artificial terraces in the 19th century. The mine declined thereafter though an oreshoot was worked between the late 1930s and 1953. The Coldberry Gutter hush, situated on the watershed between the Hudeshope and Bow Lee becks and running through Hardberry Hill, measures 1.7m long and is up to 50m wide by 30m deep. At the east end of the hush stand the remains of the largely mid-19th century Coldberry Mine built by the London Lead Company. The mine includes a two-storey mine lodging shop measuring 22m by 10m, a table and smithy block measuring 8m by 14m, a 2m high level arch and retaining wall and a roofed powder store, approximately 5m square, situated to the north west of the main complex. All are Grade II Listed Buildings. Historic England Scheduled Monument (1015863): Link

The monument includes the ruins, earthworks and other remains of the Coldberry lead mine and Red Grooves Hushes and ore works. The monument lies between the Hudeshope and Bow Lee becks, 3km NNW of the village of Middleton in Teesdale. The early history of the lead workings at Coldberry is uncertain though more than two million tons of material had been removed from the hush prior to the mid-18th century. The mines were later worked by an extensive network of levels and dressing floors were built on artificial terraces in the 19th century. The mine declined thereafter though an oreshoot was worked between the late 1930s and 1953. The Coldberry Gutter hush, situated on the watershed between the Hudeshope and Bow Lee becks and running through Hardberry Hill, measures 1.7m long and is up to 50m wide by 30m deep. At the east end of the hush stand the remains of the largely mid-19th century Coldberry Mine built by the London Lead Company. The mine includes a two-storey mine lodging shop measuring 22m by 10m, a table and smithy block measuring 8m by 14m, a 2m high level arch and retaining wall and a roofed powder store, approximately 5m square, situated to the north west of the main complex. All are Grade II Listed Buildings. Historic England Scheduled Monument (1015863): Link

The monument includes the ruins, earthworks and other remains of the Coldberry lead mine and Red Grooves Hushes and ore works. The monument lies between the Hudeshope and Bow Lee becks, 3km NNW of the village of Middleton in Teesdale. The early history of the lead workings at Coldberry is uncertain though more than two million tons of material had been removed from the hush prior to the mid-18th century. The mines were later worked by an extensive network of levels and dressing floors were built on artificial terraces in the 19th century. The mine declined thereafter though an oreshoot was worked between the late 1930s and 1953. The Coldberry Gutter hush, situated on the watershed between the Hudeshope and Bow Lee becks and running through Hardberry Hill, measures 1.7m long and is up to 50m wide by 30m deep. At the east end of the hush stand the remains of the largely mid-19th century Coldberry Mine built by the London Lead Company. The mine includes a two-storey mine lodging shop measuring 22m by 10m, a table and smithy block measuring 8m by 14m, a 2m high level arch and retaining wall and a roofed powder store, approximately 5m square, situated to the north west of the main complex. All are Grade II Listed Buildings. Historic England Scheduled Monument (1015863): Link

Level arch and retaining wall 25 metres south of mine shop. The structure is a Grade II Listed Building (List Entry 1121620): Link

Showing the lead mine lodging shop and stables. Probably built in mid C19 for London Lead Company. The Lodging Shop and Stables are both Grade II Listed Buildings. Mine Shop (List Entry 1121621): Link Stables 4m east of Mine Shop (List Entry 1281727): Link