Cullercoats, Front Street, No. 44b

HER Number:
7083

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Cullercoats, Front Street, No. 44b

Place:
Cullercoats

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
American watercolour artist Winslow Homer is said to have rented a room at 44b Front Street close to his studio at 12 Bank Top, during his stay in Cullercoats in 1881-2.

Easting:
3637

Northing:
7145

Grid Reference:
NZ36377145

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Services University of Durham, 2004, The Bay Hotel, Cullercoats - archaeological desk-top assessment and building recording; Tony Harrison, Winslow Homer in Cullercoats (typescript); History of Northumberland, Victoria County Histories Vol VIII pp 280-4; W.W. Tomlinson, 1893, Historical Notes on Cullercoats, Whitley and Monkseaton; Illustrated Catalogue of Winslow Homer's English Works; R. Wright, 2002, The People's History - Cullercoats; Tony Knipe, 1988, Winslow Homer: All the Cullercoats Pictures