Washington, brickworks

HER Number

1720

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Washington, brickworks

Place

Washington

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Brick and Tilemaking Site

Site Type: Specific

Brickworks

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Includes four chimneys and several rows of kilns. It remained in use until at least the late 1970s.

Easting

431800

Northing

555300

Grid Reference

NZ431800555300

Sources

<< HER 1720 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in River Wear plan area