Sunderland, St. Thomas' Street, No. 4

HER Number:
4723

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, St. Thomas' Street, No. 4

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:
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:
3983

Northing:
5703

Grid Reference:
NZ39835703

Lats/Lons:

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