Prior's Haven, Tynemouth Rowing Club

HER Number

9376

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Prior's Haven, Tynemouth Rowing Club

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Water Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Boat House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Stone building near to old lifeboat station (HER 1982) in 1864. Two arched doorways both with double doors. Shown as a boat house on OS second edition. Known locally as 'The Morgue' because it was said to been used to hold the bodies of those who had been drowned. LOCAL LIST

Easting

437280

Northing

569190

Grid Reference

NZ437280569190

Sources

North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9); http://www.tynemouthrowingclub.org.uk/index.htm; Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - charting the heritage of people at play, p 156