12 to 14 North Guards

HER Number

12523

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

12 to 14 North Guards

Place

Whitburn

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

Class

Communications

Site Type: Broad

Postal System Structure

Site Type: Specific

Post Office

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Includes the post office (No. 13). A prominent white, roughcast rendered building with a slate roof. Altered windows. Next to the narrow entrance to Chicks Lane (HER 12512).

Easting

440720

Northing

561920

Grid Reference

NZ440720561920

Sources

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