Whitburn Bents, fishermen's cottages

HER Number

12459

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Whitburn Bents, fishermen's cottages

Place

Whitburn

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Maritime House

Site Type: Specific

Fishermans House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

This row of fishermen's cottages was built in the 19th century to create the Bents hamlet. In 1828 there were ten fishing boats at The Bents in the small bay. The houses were single storey white washed cottages. By 1896 another row had been added with two groups of grander cottages at either end, perpendicular to the main rows. In the 1920s 'the smallest shop in Sunderland' was built next to the end cottage at the south, which became a tea-shop. Demolished in 1938 by Sir Hedworth Williamson. A

Easting

440740

Northing

561180

Grid Reference

NZ440740561180

Sources

Sunderland City Council, 2007, Whitburn Bents Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy; T. Corfe, 1973, A History of Sunderland; T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914; G.E. Miller and S.T. Milburn, 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People; P. O'Brien and P. Gibson, 1997, The Archive Photographs Series: Seaburn and Roker; N. Pevsner, 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson); S. Reeder, 1992, Whitburn and Roker in old picture postcards