Front Street, newsagents

HER Number

12482

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Front Street, newsagents

Place

Newbottle

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

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

Two terraced houses, rendered at first floor, attractive tiles at ground floor, now converted into a newsagent's shop. The inserted shop front features imposing corbels. Two doorways with canopies over. Heavy timber guttering.

Easting

433670

Northing

551480

Grid Reference

NZ433670551480

Sources

Sunderland City Council, November 2008, Newbottle Village Conservation Area - Character Appraisal and Management Strategy, Consultation Draft; Borough of Sunderland, 1980, Newbottle Village District Plan Written Statement; G.E. Milburn, 1978, Newbottle: An Outline History; K. Richardson, 1989, Houghton-le-Spring and Hetton-le-Hole in Old Photographs