Church Lane

HER Number

11115

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Church Lane

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Terrace

Site Type: Specific

Terrace

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Two-storey cottages and shops with a simple and uniform appearance. A charming and quaint area due to the absence of vehicular traffic, the narrowness of the lane and the resultant intimate enclosure of space.

Easting

439320

Northing

556990

Grid Reference

NZ439320556990

Sources

Sunderland City Council, 2007, Bishopwearmouth Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy; Sunderland City Council, 1998, Bishopwearmouth: a circular walk through the Conservation Area; Tyne and Wear Museums, 1996, Bishopwearmouth: An Archaeological Assessment; T. Corfe, 1973, A History of Sunderland; T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914; G.E. Milburn and S.T Miller, 1988, Sunderland River, Town & People: A History from the 1780s to the Present Day; N. Pevsner and Elizabeth Williamson, 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham (second edition)