Sunderland, High Street West, Nos. 104 - 109

HER Number:
4741

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, High Street West, Nos. 104 - 109

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Shop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Hutchinson's Buildings (104-109 High Street West), rebuilt in 1898-9. A handsome late-C19 commercial design, whose main facade represents a subtle reworking of the theme of the original building by its use of classical orders presented in similar stone. It has a legible plan-form, retaining the basements of the original building but clearly reflecting late-C19 interest in creating chambers above commercial premises. It retains a variety of original fixtures and fittings including a Minton Hollins tiled hall, a neo-Jacobean stair, and plasterwork, joinery and chimneypieces to the upper levels. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3975

Northing:
5717

Grid Reference:
NZ39755717

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4741 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special ... Interest, 920-1/18/103; G.E. Milburn & S.T. Miller, 1988, Sunderland River, Town and People, p 167; Pevsner, N, 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham, p 458; Historic England, 2018, Hutchinson's Buildings 1 & 1a Bridge Street and 101-109 High Street West Sunderland: Investigation, Research and Assessment of Significance, Historic England Research Report; Tumman, J, Johnson, M and Lane, A (no date) A walk around Historic Sunderland- The Fawcett and Sunniside Estates