Bodlewell Lane, Bodlewell House

HER Number

17330

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Bodlewell Lane, Bodlewell House

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The home of James Field Stanfield (1749-1824), seaman, actor and campaigner for the abolition of the slave trade. His son Clarkson Stanfield (1793-1847), seaman, landscape and marine artist, scene painter and Royal Academician was born here.

Easting

440230

Northing

557250

Grid Reference

NZ440230557250

Sources

Blue plaque