Sunderland, South Dock, Warehouse No. 1

HER Number:
5067

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, South Dock, Warehouse No. 1

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Warehouse

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Six storeys, brick, double pitched hipped slate roof. Eastern elevation to dock - 2 storey arcaded ground floor of six bays. Eleven bays to upper floors with loading doors in seventh bay. Machiolated brick eaves cornice 4 bays wide. Probably originally granaries. Architect John Dobson. Built 1856-8. Demolished in early 1990s.

Easting:
4097

Northing:
5757

Grid Reference:
NZ40975757

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5067 >> Industrial Archaeology Card -Historic Environment Record Sunderland Dock Company Minute Books, 1846-60; T. Faulkner and A. Greg, 1987, John Dobson Newcastle Architect 1787-1865, pp 76-77