170, 171 and 173 High Street West

HER Number:
4779

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
170, 171 and 173 High Street West

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Terrace

Site Type: Specific:
Terrace

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Two late 18th century houses, with late 19th century shops. No. 173 was refronted in the late 19th century and its top storey rebuilt. No. 172 is subsumed in No. 173. Nos 170 and 171 are of painted brick with ashlar dressings and have a cast-iron first floor shop window. The structures have Welsh slate roofs. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
440080

Northing:
557200

Grid Reference:
NZ440080557200

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4779 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special ... Interest, 920-1/12/107; Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2008, Archaeological Recording and Listed Building Appraisal of 170-175 High Street West, Sunderland, NAA, 2013, 170-175 High Street West, Sunderland - Statement of Significance; D. Bell, 1904, The Sunderland Year Book; J Burnett, 1830, Of the Town and Port of Sunderland and the Praishes of Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth; T. Corfe, 1973, History of Sunderland; G. Cookson, Banks and Building Societies, draft chapter of Victoria County History of Durham; T. Fordyce, 1833-1867, Historical register of remarkable evants which have occurred in Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Berwick-upon Tweed (Vol 3); W Mitchell, 1919, History of Sunderland; M Moss, 1989, A Legend of Retailing: House of Fraser; Potts, 1892, History of Sunderland; Sunderland Echo, 24 Feb 2012, Don't Binn Our Retail Past; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2013, 170-175 High Street West, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear - Statement of Significance; Brief note following a visit by Dr Lucy Jessop, Senior Investigator, Historic Places Investigation (North), Historic England, to 170-175 High Street West, Sunderland, on 27 March 2018