Sunderland, Park Place West, Nos. 1-24

HER Number:
7168

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Park Place West, Nos. 1-24

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Multiple Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
Terrace

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Terrace of 24 houses. 1850-54. Garden wall bond brick with painted ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roofs and brick chimneys. Each house 2 storeys, some with basements. Houses step down the hill in groups. Nos. 1-5 have Sunderland-type panelled doors in doorcases with Ionic pilasters and entablature. Surround removed from No. 5. Other houses have similar doors in Tuscan surround. Ground floor bay windows. Sash windows with horizontal glazing bars. Nos 2 and 3 have renewed glazing in mullioned casements. Inscribed stone street name plaque using Roman capitals. Some dormers with slate-hung sides. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3992

Northing:
5625

Grid Reference:
NZ39925625

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/22/167; GE Milburn and ST Miller, 1988, Sunderland, Riverr, Town and People, p. 61 T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914, p. 14