Cedars Park and Cedars Crescent

Cedars Park and Cedars Crescent

HER Number
12473
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Cedars Park and Cedars Crescent
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Edwardian 1902 to 1910
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Edwardian planned terrace. Timber panelled doors, carved door canopies and sash windows. All white painted. Highest quality craftsmanship. Unique to this area. Ornate detailing in sandstone or terracotta. Two storeys with attic dormers. Heavily decorated and remarkable in their grandiosity. Classical Baroque-style timberwork. Doors are framed by brick panels with curved fluted brackets above terracotta tiles and pedimented porches. Windows are double height bays with slender sliding sashes and highly decorated stained glass transom windows to the top. Timber and tile hung dormers are original features of the terrace, with a finial on top like those on the porches. Original dormer windows are small sliding sashes, often leaded. There are terracotta swag friezes beneath the eaves.
Easting
440150
Northing
555390
Grid Reference
NZ440150555390
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