Sunderland, Fawcett Street, Binns Department Store

HER Number:
17783

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Fawcett Street, Binns Department Store

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Shop

Site Type: Specific:
Department Store

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Former Binns department store constructed in the 1930s in a classical style. Binns was founded by George Binns in 1811 as a drapers on Sunderland High Street. The shops moved to 173 High Street West in 1880 and then to Nos 38-39 Fawcett Street in 1888. By 1921 they had expanded to occupy the whole block and premises on the west side of the street and part of the east side. Both buildings were rebuilt due to war time bomb damage between 1953 and 1962.

Easting:
3974

Northing:
5686

Grid Reference:
NZ39745686

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Tumman, J, Johnson, M and Lane, A (no date) A walk around Historic Sunderland- The Fawcett and Sunniside Estates