Blue House Lane, Blue House Villa

HER Number

7047

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Blue House Lane, Blue House Villa

Place

Washington

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Villa

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Georgian 1714 to 1830

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

House. 1802. Coursed squared sandstone. Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys. 4 semi-circular steps to central 5-panelled door in open pedimented Tuscan doorcase. Sash windows with glazing bars. 2 end brick chimneys. Interior – original architraves, open well staircase with inserted cast iron balustrades. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

429630

Northing

557720

Grid Reference

NZ429630557720

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 1/76; N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, The Buildings of England - County Durham, page 491