The Railway Inn, Robson Place

HER Number

7171

District

Sunderland

Site Name

The Railway Inn, Robson Place

Place

Ryhope

Map Sheet

NZ45SW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

House, now public house. Late C18. Painted incised stucco with painted ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof with dark grey ridge tiles and brick chimney. 2 storeys. Low wide panelled door and plain overlight. Altered ground floor windows. First floor sashes with glazing bars and painted wood architraves. In prominent position above road cutting. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

441340

Northing

552820

Grid Reference

NZ441340552820

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/23/258; William Whellan & Co, 1856, History, Topography and Directory of The County Palatine of Durham, p 616