1 to 4 The Cedars
1 to 4 The Cedars
HER Number
12465
District
Sunderland
Site Name
1 to 4 The Cedars
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Nos. 1 and 2 are now called Kensington House divided into 12 apartments. Nos. 3 and 4 are now Cedar House Rest Home and 4a is called The Coach House. A short substantial terrace, three storeys and three bays to each property. No. 1 has a large two storey porch with Baroque and Italianate features, including 'bullseye' windows, a parapet and stag motif. Most of the windows are uPVC. There is a magnificent brick boundary wall which is highly distinctive, featuring decorative brickwork, plinths and sandstone capping. Portions of it have been unsympathetically altered. There is a fine limestone boundary wall on the return of No. 1 fronting Ryhope Road.
Easting
440030
Northing
555560
Grid Reference
NZ440030555560
Sources
Sunderland City Council, February 2008, The Cedars Proposed Conservation Area - Character Appraisal and Management Strategy; North of England Civic Trust, 1999, Proposed Belford/Backhouse Conservation Area, Sunderland - Conservation Area Assessment and Draft Character Appraisal