4 St. Thomas' Street

HER Number

4723

District

Sunderland

Site Name

4 St. Thomas' Street

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Civil

Site Type: Broad

Government Office

Site Type: Specific

Local Government Office

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

The River Wear Commissioners' Offices, built in the Free Baroque style by John Hall, 1907. The building is of 2 storeys and a basement, built in Scottish red granite, with a rock-faced basement and polished doorcase in Durham sandstone ashlar. It has a slate roof. The building represents the considerable history of the management of the Wear. (the Commission was set up in 1717). LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

439830

Northing

557030

Grid Reference

NZ439830557030

Sources

<< HER 4723 >> Buildings Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special ... Interest, 920-1/18/209; Tumman, J, Johnson, M and Lane, A (no date) A walk around Historic Sunderland- The Fawcett and Sunniside Estates