Low Street, Wylam Wharf Warehouse
Low Street, Wylam Wharf Warehouse
HER Number
4792
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Low Street, Wylam Wharf Warehouse
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Warehouse
Site Type: Specific
Bonded Warehouse
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
This 4 storey 18th century bonded warehouse is built of rubble stone (on the north) and brick (on the south), with a Welsh slate roof. It is one of only 2 warehouses surviving in what was formerly a densely occupied commercial quayside area. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
440250
Northing
557350
Grid Reference
NZ440250557350
Sources
<< HER 4792 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special … Interest, 920-1/12/138; Griffiths, W.B., Tyne and Wear Museums, 1995, Wylam Wharf, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment