Wear Brewery

HER Number

1740

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Wear Brewery

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Food and Drink Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Brewery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows several old brewery buildings at this location. The buildings are now part of the Vaux Brewery.

Easting

438830

Northing

556860

Grid Reference

NZ438830556860

Sources

<< HER 1740 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sunderland Town Centre Plan - Sites of Interest