Sunderland, Stockton Road, The Esplanade, Nos. 1-9

HER Number:
7201

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Stockton Road, The Esplanade, Nos. 1-9

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35SE

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 9 houses, now mostly offices, with steps and wrought-iron handrails with ornate bases and newels. 1853-65. By Martin Greener. Garden wall bond brick with red mortar and painted ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof with ashlar-coped brick chimneys with tall octagonal castellated yellow pots. 2 storeys and basements. 4-panel doors between pilasters supporting heavily-corniced entablature with patera. Sash windows with stone sills. Some inserted roof lights. No. 1 has full-height canted bay window and 2 round-headed attic windows. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3970

Northing:
5622

Grid Reference:
NZ39705622

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/22/211; T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914, p 14; J.C. Mabbitt, 2005, The Esplanade, Stockton Road, Sunderland - Archaeological Buildings Recording