Sunderland, Blackett Terrace, Highfield Cottage Homes

HER Number:
16272

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Blackett Terrace, Highfield Cottage Homes

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Residential Building

Site Type: Specific:
Workhouse

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Highfield Cottage Homes erected in the early 1900s - first shown on the 1919 Third Edition Ordnance Survey Plan. The cottages provided children's accommodation away from the main workhouse. Each cottage was supervised by a house 'father' or 'mother'.

Easting:
3802

Northing:
5677

Grid Reference:
NZ38025677

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
RPS, 2012, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Kayll Road, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment; 1919 Third Edition Ordnance Survey, www. Workhouses.org.uk/Sunderland [12th May 2014]; http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Sunderland/