Crowther Industrial Estate

HER Number

9730

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Crowther Industrial Estate

Place

Washington

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Industrial Estate

Site Type: Specific

Industrial Estate

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

This industrial estate of 22 factories was begun in 1968. The earliest units were two storey brick workshops with one-storey offices at the front. There were also smaller nursery factories. Spicers Stationary's unit was built in 1968-9 and is clad in brown metal and its central brick projection has a monopitch roof.

Easting

428710

Northing

556410

Grid Reference

NZ428710556410

Sources

N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, The Buildings of England - County Durham, page 494