Bishopwearmouth, Church Lane

HER Number:
11115

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Bishopwearmouth, Church Lane

Place:
Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Multiple Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
Terrace

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Two-storey cottages and shops with a simple and uniform appearance. A charming and quaint area due to the absence of vehicular traffic, the narrowness of the lane and the resultant intimate enclosure of space.

Easting:
3932

Northing:
5699

Grid Reference:
NZ39325699

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Sunderland City Council, 2007, Bishopwearmouth Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy; Sunderland City Council, 1998, Bishopwearmouth: a circular walk through the Conservation Area; Tyne and Wear Museums, 1996, Bishopwearmouth: An Archaeological Assessment; T. Corfe, 1973, A History of Sunderland; T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914; G.E. Milburn and S.T Miller, 1988, Sunderland River, Town & People: A History from the 1780s to the Present Day; N. Pevsner and Elizabeth Williamson, 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham (second edition)