Sunderland, John Street, No. 29, Water Company Offices

HER Number:
4708

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, John Street, No. 29, Water Company Offices

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:

Site Type: Broad:
Building

Site Type: Specific:
Office

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Water company offices with steps, dwarf walls and railings attached, built in 1907 by W & TR Milburn. It is 3 storeys high with a basement, built in Penrith red sandstone with ashlar chimneys. Internally, the panelled board room has Ionic columns and pilasters, stucco wall panels, richly moulded beams to a panelled ceiling, an elaborate chimneypiece and overmantel. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3987

Northing:
5683

Grid Reference:
NZ39875683

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4708 >> Buildings Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special ... Interest, 920-1/20/131 T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland, 1814-1914, p 30; Tumman, J, Johnson, M and Lane, A (no date) A walk around Historic Sunderland- The Fawcett and Sunniside Estates