Sunderland, Hudson Dock North, Dock Office with accumulator

HER Number:
4813

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Hudson Dock North, Dock Office with accumulator

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:
Maritime Office

Site Type: Specific:
Pilot Office

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
This dock office with walls and piers attached was designed in Modified Baroque style by John Murray and built in 1850 for the Sunderland Dock Company. It is built in coursed squared limestone with ashlar sandstone dressings and tower; and has a Welsh slate roof with ashlar chimney. The exterior comprises 2 storeys, with an east staircase wing and south-east tower. The interior includes panelled doors with architraves, some original chimney pieces and simple stucco decoration. An hydraulic accumulator, designed by Sir W Armstrong & Co., for the River Wear Commission was inserted in the later 19th century for the swing bridge and retains its machinery. The high stone yard wall with aslar coping on the left return encloses a triangular area between the stair and tower and has an entrance with two square piers with flat stone coping, one damaged. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
4104

Northing:
5770

Grid Reference:
NZ41045770

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4813 >> G.E. Milburn & S.T. Miller, 1988, Sunderland River, Town and People, p 17 T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland, 1814-1914, p 18 Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special ... Interest, 920-1/13/117