Blackett Terrace, Highfield Cottage Homes

HER Number

16272

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Blackett Terrace, Highfield Cottage Homes

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ35SE

Class

Health and Welfare

Site Type: Broad

Childrens Home

Site Type: Specific

Childrens Home

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Highfield Cottage Homes erected in the early 1900s - first shown on the 1919 Third Edition Ordnance Survey Plan. The cottages provided children's accommodation away from the main workhouse. Each cottage was supervised by a house 'father' or 'mother'.

Easting

438020

Northing

556770

Grid Reference

NZ438020556770

Sources

RPS, 2012, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Kayll Road, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment; 1919 Third Edition Ordnance Survey, www. Workhouses.org.uk/Sunderland [12th May 2014]; http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Sunderland/