Storey House, 43 Front Street

HER Number

7032

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Storey House, 43 Front Street

Place

Newbottle

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

House, formerly house and cottage to left. Mid C18. Brick, pantiled roof. Sash windows. Central 6-panelled door under fanlight in flat Tuscan doorcase with canopy over. 2 end brick chimneys and one between house and cottage. Interior – 3-panelled doors with architraves, some cornices, main room ground floor has Gothic revival stone chimney piece flanked by round-headed cupboard openings. Staircase narrow open well, turned balusters, wide serpentine-section handrail LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

433810

Northing

551480

Grid Reference

NZ433810551480

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 4/45; 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