Whitburn, East Street, Co-operative Store

HER Number:
12517

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn, East Street, Co-operative Store

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Shop

Site Type: Specific:
Cooperative Store

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
This flamboyant building on the corner of East Street and North Guards dates from around 1895. It is Arts & Craft inspired with red brick, painted moulded lintels and cills, curved shop window hoods, sash windows and shaped gables. It has a large Venetian window and an open rooftop lantern.

Easting:
4078

Northing:
6193

Grid Reference:
NZ40786193

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North East Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, 2006, Whitburn Conservation Area Character Appraisal, p 5