Staffords Lane

HER Number

12513

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Staffords Lane

Place

Whitburn

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Alley

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

A tunnel-like chare or alley between Nos. 27 and 29 Front Street. Has whitewashed walls, stone flag floor and carved console entrance detailing. Widens into a rear lane with dilapidated garaging.

Easting

440660

Northing

561900

Grid Reference

NZ440660561900

Sources

North East Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, 2006, Whitburn Conservation Area Character Appraisal, p 5