South Dock, Warehouse No. 1
South Dock, Warehouse No. 1
HER Number
5067
District
Sunderland
Site Name
South Dock, Warehouse No. 1
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Warehouse
Site Type: Specific
Warehouse
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Six storeys, brick, double pitched hipped slate roof. Eastern elevation to dock - 2 storey arcaded ground floor of six bays. Eleven bays to upper floors with loading doors in seventh bay. Machiolated brick eaves cornice 4 bays wide. Probably originally granaries. Architect John Dobson. Built 1856-8. Demolished in early 1990s.
Easting
440970
Northing
557570
Grid Reference
NZ440970557570
Sources
<< HER 5067 >> Industrial Archaeology Card -Historic Environment Record
Sunderland Dock Company Minute Books, 1846-60; T. Faulkner and A. Greg, 1987, John Dobson Newcastle Architect 1787-1865, pp 76-77
Sunderland Dock Company Minute Books, 1846-60; T. Faulkner and A. Greg, 1987, John Dobson Newcastle Architect 1787-1865, pp 76-77