Cross House, The Green

HER Number

12507

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Cross House, The Green

Place

Whitburn

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Detached House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

The only building on the village green. Cross House was built in 1810 and has been an inn, post office and shop. It has rubble sandstone walls and pantile roof. Re-modelled in the 1960s including horizontal window openings and box dormers.

Easting

440490

Northing

561760

Grid Reference

NZ440490561760

Sources

North East Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, 2006, Whitburn Conservation Area Character Appraisal, p 5