Roker, Roker Park Terrace

HER Number:
12442

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Roker, Roker Park Terrace

Place:
Roker

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Multiple Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
Terrace

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Edwardian terrace with Arts and Crafts influences. Built by 1905. Particularly well preserved and one of the most attractive and decorative terraces in the City. The houses sit behind a private road. They have elaborate porches, half timbered gables and sliding sash windows.

Easting:
4056

Northing:
5898

Grid Reference:
NZ40565898

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
City of Sunderland, April 1997, Conservation Areas in the City of Sunderland; Sunderland City Council, February 2007, Roker Park Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy; City of Sunderland, 1998, Roker: A walk through the Conservation Area; T. Corfe, 1973, A History of Sunderland; T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914; S. Reeder, 1992, Whitburn and Roker in old picture postcards