170, 171 and 173 High Street West
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
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