Ropery Road, Webster’s Public House
Ropery Road, Webster’s Public House
HER Number
7174
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Ropery Road, Webster’s Public House
Place
Deptford
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Rope Manufacturing Site
Site Type: Specific
Ropery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Secondary building of ropeworks, now public house. Early C19 restored c1985 by Sunderland Council. Roughly squared rubble with ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings. 2 storeys. Keyed plain stone surround and renewed wrought-iron gates to round-headed archway. Flat stone lintels. Renewed windows with glazing bars. An additional building for the Webster’s Ropery (HER 2799) established c1793 for the world’s first mechanical rope-making process. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
438450
Northing
557820
Grid Reference
NZ438450557820
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/10/184; GE Milburn and ST Miller, 1988, Sunderland River, Town and People, p 29
In Trust magazine, 2 June 1976
In Trust magazine, 2 June 1976