The Banks, Customs House

HER Number

4434

District

Sunderland

Site Name

The Banks, Customs House

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime

Site Type: Broad

Maritime Office

Site Type: Specific

Custom House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

In around 1715, when the new parish boundaries of Sunderland were drawn up, a house was built on No. 4 allotments on the Banks, and used for many years as the Customs House.

Easting

440000

Northing

557000

Grid Reference

NZ440000557000

Sources

<< HER 4434 >> J. Robinson 1903, Historic Houses in Sunderland Antiquities of Sunderland, Vol. 5,. P 19