Deptford, Ropery Road, Webster’s Public House

HER Number:
7174

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Deptford, 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:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
3845

Northing:
5782

Grid Reference:
NZ38455782

Lats/Lons:

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