Grangetown, Queen Alexandra Road, Alexandra Bowling Centre

HER Number

17001

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Grangetown, Queen Alexandra Road, Alexandra Bowling Centre

Place

Grangetown

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Ball Sports Site

Site Type: Specific

Bowling Club

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

The Alexandra Bowling Centre was an indoor bowling facility opened in 1937 by Vaux Breweries. W & TR Milburn were the architects. It closed in the late 1940s and became a dance hall. Its now The Alexandra Hotel.

Easting

440560

Northing

554720

Grid Reference

NZ440560554720

Sources

Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 138-9