Houghton-le-Spring, Nesham Place, No. 20, Wheatsheaf Inn

HER Number:
3588

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton-le-Spring, Nesham Place, No. 20, Wheatsheaf Inn

Place:
Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Inn

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition of 1858. In September 1866 a meeting was held in Mr Spraggon's Wheatsheaf Inn. In November 1866 an event was held to hire hinds and domestic servants. In 1971 there were plans to demolish the pub and built a church on the site but this never happened. In 1973 the pub was converted into a house. It is now rendered and painted white.

Easting:
3458

Northing:
4991

Grid Reference:
NZ34584991

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey first edition 1858; Paul Lanagan, 2011, The Wheatsheaf Inn, www.houghtonlespring.org.uk