Sunderland, Low Street, Wylam Wharf Warehouse

HER Number:
4792

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Low Street, Wylam Wharf Warehouse

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Warehouse

Site Type: Specific:
Bonded Warehouse

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
This 4 storey 18th century bonded warehouse is built of rubble stone (on the north) and brick (on the south), with a Welsh slate roof. It is one of only 2 warehouses surviving in what was formerly a densely occupied commercial quayside area. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
4025

Northing:
5735

Grid Reference:
NZ40255735

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4792 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special … Interest, 920-1/12/138; Griffiths, W.B., Tyne and Wear Museums, 1995, Wylam Wharf, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment