Gray House, 2 Gray Road
Gray House, 2 Gray Road
HER Number
7145
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Gray House, 2 Gray Road
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
Detached House
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
House. 1913. By Clayton Greene. For Tindal Greene. Brick under grey-washed rough render with narrow brick dressings. Vernacular revival style.
Exterior – 2 storeys. Arched window and panel surround of radiating bricks with delicate pendant fret decoration. All windows leaded casements with rendered reveals. Projecting wood sills. Rear garden front has glazed door at right of centre and 2-light window to left of it. Wood balcony balustrade above to glazed door and narrow window. Full-height square bay projection with 5-light windows under pent roof.
Interior – dog-leg stair with stick balusters and high grip handrail. Square newels with ball finials. Some doors 2-panelled, some with glazing. Architraves to doors. Chimney-pieces of historic type. One Tudor-arched stone surround with sturdy wood mantel. Others with tin-glazed tiles, cast-iron hourglass or reeded back grates. Art Nouveau fittings in attic room. Arch-brackets to pegged beams in ground floor rooms, coved ceilings in first floor of cross wing. Signed and dated plan in possession of owner. LISTED GRADE 2
Exterior – 2 storeys. Arched window and panel surround of radiating bricks with delicate pendant fret decoration. All windows leaded casements with rendered reveals. Projecting wood sills. Rear garden front has glazed door at right of centre and 2-light window to left of it. Wood balcony balustrade above to glazed door and narrow window. Full-height square bay projection with 5-light windows under pent roof.
Interior – dog-leg stair with stick balusters and high grip handrail. Square newels with ball finials. Some doors 2-panelled, some with glazing. Architraves to doors. Chimney-pieces of historic type. One Tudor-arched stone surround with sturdy wood mantel. Others with tin-glazed tiles, cast-iron hourglass or reeded back grates. Art Nouveau fittings in attic room. Arch-brackets to pegged beams in ground floor rooms, coved ceilings in first floor of cross wing. Signed and dated plan in possession of owner. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
439890
Northing
555950
Grid Reference
NZ439890555950
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/16/91