Southwick, Glasshouse Hill Shipbuilding Yard

HER Number:
2773

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Southwick, Glasshouse Hill Shipbuilding Yard

Place:
Southwick

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:
Marine Construction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Shipyard

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
These small and irregular Shipbuilding Yards, built partly on the west side of Ballast Hill (HER ref. 2774), had appeared on the Southwick shore of the River Wear by the 1850s. They occupied the river strand up to the western flank of a ballast hill (Glasshouse Hill), associated with the Wearmouth Crown Glass Works which lay to the south of the yards. They were solely timber construction yards which contained only minimal facilities and had disappeared by 1898.

Easting:
3782

Northing:
5812

Grid Reference:
NZ37825812

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2773 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8 The Archaeological Practice, 2002, Shipbuilding on Tyne and Wear - Prehistory to Present. Tyne & Wear Historic Environment Record.