Whitburn Bents, fishermen's cottages

HER Number:
12459

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Whitburn Bents, fishermen's cottages

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Maritime House

Site Type: Specific:
Fishermans House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
This row of fishermen's cottages was built in the 19th century to create the Bents hamlet. In 1828 there were ten fishing boats at The Bents in the small bay. The houses were single storey white washed cottages. By 1896 another row had been added with two groups of grander cottages at either end, perpendicular to the main rows. In the 1920s 'the smallest shop in Sunderland' was built next to the end cottage at the south, which became a tea-shop. Demolished in 1938 by Sir Hedworth Williamson. A

Easting:
4074

Northing:
6118

Grid Reference:
NZ40746118

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Sunderland City Council, 2007, Whitburn Bents Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy; T. Corfe, 1973, A History of Sunderland; T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914; G.E. Miller and S.T. Milburn, 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People; P. O'Brien and P. Gibson, 1997, The Archive Photographs Series: Seaburn and Roker; N. Pevsner, 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson); S. Reeder, 1992, Whitburn and Roker in old picture postcards