Whitburn Bents, Fishermen's Club

HER Number:
12462

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn Bents, Fishermen's Club

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Clubhouse

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Whitburn Bents was created as a fishermen's hamlet. A Fishermen's Club still occupies a small dene to the north. It has been damaged by fire.

Easting:
4079

Northing:
6124

Grid Reference:
NZ40796124

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