Thomas Street, custom house

HER Number

16228

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Thomas Street, custom house

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime

Site Type: Broad

Maritime Office

Site Type: Specific

Custom House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Custom House labelled on Robson's Plan of Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth, 1827. Not labelled on subsequent plans but buildings appear to be present. Another Custom House is noted on Meik and Morgan's 1851 plan on Low Quay (HER16232).

Easting

440760

Northing

557480

Grid Reference

NZ440760557480

Sources

Archaeological Services Durham University, 2013, Warren Square, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear - archaeological assessment; Robson's Plan of Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth, 1827