143 High Street East, The Clarendon

HER Number

17300

District

Sunderland

Site Name

143 High Street East, The Clarendon

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific

Public House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

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.

Easting

440500

Northing

557470

Grid Reference

NZ440500557470

Sources

http://openplaques.org/plaques/40426