A platform weighing machine placed in a pit so that vehicles can be driven onto it without being lifted. A platform weighbridge for carts was invented by John Wyatt in about 1740. The need for weighbridges arose out of the Turnpike Act of 1741 which authorised toll collectors to weigh carts to calculate tolls, although most toll houses were equipped with crane-type 'weighing engines' (William Jones, 1996, Dictionary of Industrial Archaeology).
Site Type: Broad
Weighbridge
SITEDESC
Outside cleansing department depot {1}.
Site Name
Railway Row, Weighbridge
Site Type: Specific
Weighbridge
HER Number
1742
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 1742 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sunderland Town Centre Plan - Sites of Interest
YEAR1
2001
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
01
District
Sunderland
Easting
438900
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556900
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Place
Bishopwearmouth
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows a clock tower in a cleansing depot at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Waste Disposal Site
SITEDESC
Clock tower in cleansing depot {1}.
Site Name
Rear of Railway Row, Clock Tower
Site Type: Specific
Clock Tower
HER Number
1741
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 1741 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sunderland Town Centre Plan - Sites of Interest
YEAR1
2001
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
01
District
Sunderland
Easting
438830
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556860
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Bishopwearmouth
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows several old brewery buildings at this location. The buildings are now part of the Vaux Brewery.
SITEASS
Are these buildings still here?
Site Type: Broad
Food and Drink Industry Site
SITEDESC
Several old brewery buildings survive on Westbourne Road, shown on Ordnance Survey second edition as Wear Brewery, part of Vaux {1}. Built on site of former waterworks.
Site Name
Wear Brewery
Site Type: Specific
Brewery
HER Number
1740
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
<< HER 1740 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sunderland Town Centre Plan - Sites of Interest
YEAR1
2001
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
01
District
Sunderland
Easting
439300
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Bishopwearmouth
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows industrial housing belonging to Vaux Brewery at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Industrial housing belonging to Vaux Brewery {1}.
Site Name
Fontaine Road, Industrial Housing
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
HER Number
1739
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 1739 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sunderland Town Centre Plan - Sites of Interest
YEAR1
2001
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
01
District
Sunderland
Easting
440200
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556900
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Sunderland
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows a warehouse at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Warehouse
SITEDESC
Warehouse.
Site Name
Borough Road/Villiers Street, Warehouse
Site Type: Specific
Warehouse
HER Number
1738
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 1738 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sunderland Town Centre Plan - Sites of Interest
YEAR1
2001
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
01
District
Sunderland
Easting
440200
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556600
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Sunderland
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows a warehouse at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Warehouse
SITEDESC
Warehouse.
Site Name
Villiers Street South, Warehouse
Site Type: Specific
Warehouse
HER Number
1737
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 1737 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sunderland Town Centre Plan - Sites of Interest
YEAR1
2001
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
01
District
Sunderland
Easting
440100
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556500
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Sunderland
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows a brick chimney, square in plan, with several other buildings attached to it, at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Industrial Building
SITEDESC
Brick chimney, square in plan, has several other buildings attached to it {1}.
Site Name
Egerton Street, Chimney
Site Type: Specific
Chimney
HER Number
1736
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 1736 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sunderland Town Centre Plan - Sites of Interest
YEAR1
2001
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
01
District
Sunderland
Easting
439400
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557100
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Bishopwearmouth
Description
A very short road down the side of the fire station with a very interesting building incorporating a sack hoist. Built of brick with the stone street sign set into it. The row fronts onto High Street West.
Site Type: Broad
Industrial Building
SITEDESC
Very short road down the side of the fire station with a very interesting building with a sack hoist. Built of brick with the stone street sign set into it. The row fronts onto High Street West {1}.
Site Name
Collier Row
Site Type: Specific
Industrial Building
HER Number
1735
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 1735 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sunderland Town Centre Plan - Sites of Interest
YEAR1
2001
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Civil
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
01
DAY2
23
District
Sunderland
Easting
439370
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
6
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557060
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Bishopwearmouth
Description
Shown as Central Fire Station on Ordnance Survey third and fourth editions. The fire station opened in 1907, the same year that the nearby Empire Theatre and law courts opened. All three buildings were designed by Sunderland architects William Milburn (1850-1935) and Thomas Ridley Milburn (1862-1943). William had already designed the imposing Langham Tower in Sunderland in 1891. They designed Thornhill United Methodist Free Church in 1902, the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company Offices in 1907, a children’s hospital in 1912. The Milburn brothers had acted as supervising architects on the Empire Theatre, South Shields, which was designed by Frank Matcham. They went on to build theatres all over the country (including Southampton, Cardiff, Birmingham and the Dominian Theatre in London) for the Moss Empires chain. In 1929 the brothers were appointed supervising architects to the North East Coast Exhibition of 1929. After World War Two they were elected to the R.I.B.A. Council.
Brick with decorative stone dressings. The main elevation has five arched openings for the fire engines. These are now blocked up and filled with painted murals. There are five windows above with stone surrounds. In-between the windows are four circular carvings of flaming torches, brightly painted. There is a fine oil painting of the fire station by Ron Henderson, which is held by the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service at Sunderland East Community Fire Station.
Site Type: Broad
Fire Station
SITEDESC
Shown as Central Fire Station on Ordnance Survey third and fourth editions. The fire station opened in 1907, the same year that the nearby Empire Theatre and law courts opened. All three buildings were designed by Sunderland architects William Milburn (1850-1935) and Thomas Ridley Milburn (1862-1943). William had already designed the imposing Langham Tower in Sunderland in 1891. They designed Thornhill United Methodist Free Church in 1902, the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company Offices in 1907, a children’s hospital in 1912. The Milburn brothers had acted as supervising architects on the Empire Theatre, South Shields, which was designed by Frank Matcham. They went on to build theatres all over the country (including Southampton, Cardiff, Birmingham and the Dominian Theatre in London) for the Moss Empires chain. In 1929 the brothers were appointed supervising architects to the North East Coast Exhibition of 1929. After World War Two they were elected to the R.I.B.A. Council.
Brick with decorative stone dressings. The main elevation has five arched openings for the fire engines. These are now blocked up and filled with painted murals. There are five windows above with stone surrounds. In-between the windows are four circular carvings of flaming torches, brightly painted. There are many original features such as windows, holes for fireman's poles, glazed tiles and equipment hooks. There is a fine oil painting of the fire station by Ron Henderson, which is held by the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service at Sunderland East Community Fire Station. Within the superintendent's house there has been extensive internal renovation.
Site Name
Central Fire Station, High Street West
Site Type: Specific
Fire Station
HER Number
1734
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 1734 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sunderland Town Centre Plan - Sites of Interest; GE Milburn and ST Miller (eds), 1988, Sunderland – River, Town and People; http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/old-sunderland-fire-station-57960/print/info; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2015, Sunderland Fire Station - Archaeological Assessment; Ainsworth Sparks Associates, Fire Station, Dun Cow Street -Building Archive
YEAR1
2001
YEAR2
2015
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
01
District
Sunderland
Easting
439300
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557100
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Bishopwearmouth
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows the location of a brick-built chimney, circular in plan behind the fire station (HER ref. 1734).
Site Type: Broad
Industrial Building
SITEDESC
Brick built chimney circular in plan behind fire station (SMR 1734) {1}.
Site Name
Bishopwearmouth, Chimney
Site Type: Specific
Chimney
HER Number
1733
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 1733 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sunderland Town Centre Plan - Sites of Interest