The building is thought to date to between 1725 and 1774. It has been an inn since 1792. It was owned by Thomas W Maughan and William Davison Carr. Its name in 1827 was the Mason’s Arms. It was renamed Boar’s Head in 1834.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
The building is thought to date to between 1725 and 1774. It has been an inn since 1792. It was owned by Thomas W Maughan and William Davison Carr. Its name in 1827 was the Mason’s Arms. It was renamed Boar’s Head in 1834.
Site Name
134 High Street East, Boar's Head
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
17303
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
YEAR1
2015
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
31
District
Sunderland
Easting
440530
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8
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557510
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sunderland
Description
This was a typical 18th century alleyway leading to Low Street and the Quayside (like the surviving Bull Lane). In between two properties, No. 134 (Boar's Head) and No. 133 (now gone). No sign of the alley survives.
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
This was a typical 18th century alleyway leading to Low Street and the Quayside (like the surviving Bull Lane). In between two properties, No. 134 (Boar's Head) and No. 133 (now gone). No sign of the alley survives.
Site Name
High Street East, Youll's Passage
Site Type: Specific
Alley
HER Number
17302
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
YEAR1
2015
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
31
District
Sunderland
Easting
440500
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8
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557460
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sunderland
Description
This was a typical 18th century alleyway leading to Low Street and the Quayside (like the surviving Bull Lane. In between two properties, No. 144 (Molly's newsagents) and No. 145 (now gone). There is a street name on the side of No. 144.
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
This was a typical 18th century alleyway leading to Low Street and the Quayside (like the surviving Bull Lane). In between two properties, No. 144 (Molly's newsagents) and No. 145 (now gone). There is a street name on the side of No. 144.
Site Name
High Street East, Neils Passage
Site Type: Specific
Alley
HER Number
17301
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
YEAR1
2015
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
31
District
Sunderland
Easting
440500
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557470
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sunderland
Description
Said to be Sunderland's oldest pub dating back to 1724. It has traded as The Butchers Arms, The Board, The Hare and Hounds, The Cropt Fox and The Crown Inn. The cellar contains a capped smugglers tunnel.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Said to be Sunderland's oldest pub dating back to 1724. It has traded as The Butchers Arms, The Board, The Hare and Hounds, The Cropt Fox and The Crown Inn. The cellar contains a capped smugglers tunnel.
Site Name
143 High Street East, The Clarendon
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
17300
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
http://openplaques.org/plaques/40426
YEAR1
2015
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
31
District
Sunderland
Easting
440500
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557470
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sunderland
Description
Bull Lane. A typical 18th century alleyway leading to Low Street and the Quayside. In between two properties, The Clarendon (No. 143) and No. 144 (Molly's newsagents).
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
Typical 18th century alleyway leading to Low Street and the Quayside. In between two properties, The Clarendon (No. 143) and No. 144 (Molly's newsagents).
Site Name
High Street East, Bull Lane
Site Type: Specific
Alley
HER Number
17299
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
http://openplaques.org/plaques/40355
YEAR1
2015
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
31
District
N Tyneside
Easting
436230
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8
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
571270
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Cullercoats
Description
John Falconar Slater (1857-1937). A leading member of the Cullercoats Artists Colony, he lived in this house for the last 12 years of his life. Known as the 'weatherproof artist' for his practice of painting outdoors in all conditions, and an outstanding British Impressionist painter.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
John Falconar Slater (1857-1937). A leading member of the Cullercoats Artists Colony, he lived in this house for the last 12 years of his life. Known as the 'weatherproof artist' for his practice of painting outdoors in all conditions, and an outstanding British Impressionist painter. He painted landscapes, the coast, animals, flowers and street scenes. He was born at Rye Hill, Newcastle. He was a book keeper at his fathers corn mill before running a store in the diamond fields of South Africa before returning to Tyneside to become a full time professional artist. Slater exhibited in London, Scotland and other provinces as well as the Laing Art Gallery. Not only did Slater paint but he also wrote about art, in both the press and his own publication. He was known to have exhibited at the Walker Gallery in Liverpool, Manchester City Art Gallery and at the Royal Academy. 'Stormy Sea at Cullercoats' is in the North Tyneside Council art collection.
Site of the Governor's Tree where important visitors to Tynemouth were met as they disembarked in Pow Burn. These included King Henry VIII's commissioners when they came to dispossess the monks of Tynemouth Priory in 1539 and King Charles I in 1633.
Site Type: Broad
Feature
SITEDESC
Site of the Governor's Tree where important visitors to Tynemouth were met as they disembarked in Pow Burn. These included King Henry VIII's commissioners when they came to dispossess the monks of Tynemouth Priory in 1539 and King Charles I in 1633. A replacement tree has been planted in a semi-circular recess in the sandstone wall. The tree marks the boundary between North Shields and Tynemouth.
Public house and hotel since 1799. Meals for prisoners in the neighbouring House of Correction (HER 4560) were prepared in the cellar kitchens of the hotel and carried through an underground tunnel.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Public house and hotel since 1799. Meals for prisoners in the neighbouring House of Correction (HER 4560) were prepared in the cellar kitchens of the hotel and carried through an underground tunnel. Three storeys, brick, sandstone ashlar front elevation. Four windows on each of the upper floors. On ground floor a door on the left hand side. The pub frontage has brown faience tiles and a triangular pediment over the central doorway.
Site Name
Tynemouth Road, Tynemouth Lodge Hotel
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
17296
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
http://openplaques.org/plaques/11813
YEAR1
2015
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
District
Sunderland
Easting
441020
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Built Over
Map Sheet
NZ45SW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
554070
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Sunderland
Description
Farm shown on the 1841 Tithe Plan. Not to be confused with Ryhope Grange farm which was situated on the other side of Ryhope Road further to the north. Farm increased in size by late 19th century. Demolished and site used as playing fields by 1972.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Farm shown on the 1841 Tithe Plan. Not to be confused with Ryhope Grange farm which was situated on the other side of Ryhope Road further to the north. Farm increased in size by late 19th century. Demolished and site used as playing fields by 1972.
Courtyard arrangement shown in this location but not labelled on a plan of Backworth Estate c.1820. Shown with a gin gang on the north side on Bells plan of 1852. Labelled as Middle Farm on the Second Edition OS plan of 1897 without its gingang. Site now covered in residential development.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Courtyard arrangement shown in this location but not labelled on a plan of Backworth Estate c.1820. Shown with a gingang on the north side on Bells plan of 1852. Labelled as Middle Farm on the Second Edition OS plan of 1897 without its gingang. Site now covered in residential development.