South Dock, Warehouse No. 2
South Dock, Warehouse No. 2
HER Number
5068
District
Sunderland
Site Name
South Dock, Warehouse No. 2
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
Five storeys, brick, double piched hipped slate roof. Eastern elevation to dock - arcaded ground floor of six round arched bays. Upper floors of eleven bays, with loading doors in seventh bay. Machiolated brick eaves cornice. 4 bays wide. Designed by Thomas Meik. Built c.1862 next to Dobson's No. 1 warehouse (HER 5067). For storing grain. Demolished in 1990s.
Easting
440960
Northing
557600
Grid Reference
NZ440960557600
Sources
<< HER 5068 >> Industrial Archaeology Card -Historic Environment Record
Sunderland Dock Company Minute Books, 1846-60
Sunderland Dock Company Minute Books, 1846-60