Gilpin House, 12 Church Street

HER Number

7013

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Gilpin House, 12 Church Street

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Country House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

House. Circa 1830. Incised render. Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys. Sash windows, stone cills. 2 stone steps. 6-panelled door under oblong fanlight. Tall flat Tuscan doorcase rests on lower step. 3 brick chimneys. Painted inscription at extreme right of first floor GILPIN HOUSE. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

434260

Northing

549810

Grid Reference

NZ434260549810

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 2/23