Ryhope, Cliff Road, The Wilderness and The Chestnuts

HER Number:
7134

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Ryhope, Cliff Road, The Wilderness and The Chestnuts

Place:
Ryhope

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
House, now two houses. Late C18 incorporating earlier fragments. Pebbledash render with Welsh slate roof. L-plan. The Wilderness – 3 storeys plus extension of 2 storeys. C1930 part-glazed door with semi-circular overlight. Mullioned and casement windows. Right return has shallow bow windows and sashes with some early glass. The Chestnuts – renewed door at right in plain reveals under gabled hood. Sash windows with painted stone sills and glazing bars. Interior of both – some window shutters, some early C19 chimney pieces. At rear of The Wilderness fragments of an older building show in irregular walls and a low bowed truncated beam. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
4105

Northing:
5294

Grid Reference:
NZ41055294

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/23/257; Sunderland City Council, July 2010, Ryhope Village Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy (Consultation Draft); C. Warhurst, 1994, A Research into the Origins of The Wilderness, Cliff Road, Ryhope (BA Honours Dissertation)