Phoenix Glass Works

HER Number

16632

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Phoenix Glass Works

Place

Hendon

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Glassmaking Site

Site Type: Specific

Glass Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Glass works shown on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey Plan 1897. Disused by 1919. By 1950 an iron and steel foundry had been constructed on the site (now also demolished).

Easting

440960

Northing

555310

Grid Reference

NZ440960555310

Sources

TWM Archaeology, 2010, Sunderland Paper Mill, Hendon, Tyne and Wear - Archaeological Assessment; Second Edition Ordnance Survey plan, 1897; Entec UK Ltd, 2009, Commercial Road, Sunderland - Historic Environment Appraisal