Wearmouth Foundry

HER Number

17281

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Wearmouth Foundry

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Engineering Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Foundry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Wearmouth Foundry shown on the site of the former firebrick manufactory (HER 2730) by the 1897 OS plan. Gone by 1919.

Easting

439780

Northing

558090

Grid Reference

NZ439780558090

Sources

CgMs Ltd., 2008, Sunderland Road Retail Park, Newcastle Road, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment