Roker Avenue, miner's hall

HER Number

9710

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Roker Avenue, miner's hall

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Meeting Hall

Site Type: Specific

Trades Union Hall

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

1894 by J.W. Bell. Façade in red brick with stone dressings, ornate lintels, decorated panels, cornice mounted with animal heads. Two and three storeys with a short clock tower.

Easting

440100

Northing

558100

Grid Reference

NZ440100558100

Sources

N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, The Buildings of England - County Durham, page 468