North Pier Rocket House

HER Number

2716

District

Sunderland

Site Name

North Pier Rocket House

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime

Site Type: Broad

Navigation Aid

Site Type: Specific

Rocket House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Rocket House on the North Pier, Sunderland is probably associated with the adjacent Pilots Lookout and Life Boat House (HER ref. 2712).

Easting

440880

Northing

558320

Grid Reference

NZ440880558320

Sources

<< HER 2716 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8