Originally built in 1793 and restored between 1985 and 1987.
The original building having been restored is home to several leisure and commercial facilities.
Glassmaking on Wearside
The original building having been restored is home to several leisure and commercial facilities.
Grade 11 listed in November 1978 having bieng built for the manufacture of ropes using the first machine rope-making process in the world, which was patented in 1793 by Richard Fothergill; in 1795 it also received the first steam engine to be installed in a ropeworks.
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Glassmaking on Wearside