Assembly Rooms
Assembly Rooms
HER Number
4436
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Assembly Rooms
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Civil
Site Type: Broad
Meeting Hall
Site Type: Specific
Assembly Rooms
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The Assembly Rooms were to the west of Holy Trinity and are shown on Rain’s Eye Plan with a range of buildings to the south, a square or green in front, and a wall and railing with a gate to the east. A later range of buildings was built on the north side. Both ranges were almshouses. In the 18th century the assembly rooms were taken over by the Trustees of the Sunderland Muster Roll as a charity for disabled sailors and their dependants.
Easting
440530
Northing
557110
Grid Reference
NZ440530557110
Sources
<< HER 4436 >> J. Rain, 1785, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth
Clay, Miller & Milburn, 1984, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, p 33
J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth
Clay, Miller & Milburn, 1984, An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, p 33
J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of Sunderland, Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth