Washington, Emerson House

HER Number

9731

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Washington, Emerson House

Place

Washington

Map Sheet

NZ25SE

Class

Civil

Site Type: Broad

Government Office

Site Type: Specific

Local Government Office

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Emerson House (Child Benefit Offices) was designed and built by the Corporation for the P.S.A in 1974-5. Demolished 2002.

Easting

428710

Northing

554660

Grid Reference

NZ428710554660

Sources

N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, The Buildings of England - County Durham, page 494; The Archaeological Practice Ltd.2012, Former Emmerson House, Washington - archaeological evaluation; NAA, 2011, Former Emmerson House, Washington- archaeological assessment