1-7 Crowtree Terrace
1-7 Crowtree Terrace
HER Number
4468
District
Sunderland
Site Name
1-7 Crowtree Terrace
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
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
Includes: Nos.35-38 CROWTREE ROAD. Terrace of 7 houses with attached steps and railings; and house and shop at left. Attached house and shop Nos 35-38 Crowtree Road, same build as No.1 Crowtree Terrace but on left return in Crowtree Road, not formerly listed. c1840 with C20 shop front projecting on left return. Garden wall bond brick (5 and one) with ashlar plinth and painted ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof with brick chimneys; stone steps and wrought-iron railings. Nos 35-38 Crowtree Road at left 2 storeys, one window; Crowtree Terrace each house 2 storeys and basement, 2 windows. No.1 has central door; other doors at left. Rusticated basements, blocked to Nos 2, 3 and 4. Stone steps up to doors of Sunderland type, folding back to form reveals inner doors; some with central round panels, most in Ionic doorcases of engaged fluted columns and entablature with modillioned cornice. Nos 2, 5 and 7 lost doorcases, No.7 door blocked, No.4 door zinc-covered. Sashes with wedge stone lintels and projecting stone sills, glazing bars to Nos 5 and 6, some 4-pane sashes, some windows blocked. Roof, hipped at left, has transverse ridge chimneys, ashlar with brick repair to corner and No.1 Crowtree Terrace; brick to rest of terrace. Street name stone plaque with incised sans serif capitals CROWTREE TERRACE at left of first bay. Left return has ground-floor shops; renewed sashes; elliptical carriage arch at left. Plain wrought-iron railings to most steps. Most of terrace derelict at time of survey. [1984].
NB demolished prior to 1988 to make way for The Bridges Shopping Centre. LISTED GRADE 2
NB demolished prior to 1988 to make way for The Bridges Shopping Centre. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
439460
Northing
556800
Grid Reference
NZ439460556800
Sources
<< HER 4468 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of buildings of special … historic interest, 920-1/19/56; Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sunderland Town Centre Plan - Sites of Interest; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1207074