65-95 (odd) James Armitage Street
65-95 (odd) James Armitage Street
HER Number
7154
District
Sunderland
Site Name
65-95 (odd) James Armitage Street
Place
Southwick
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Terrace of 15 cottages. No. 95 at left end facing Fulwell Road, is dated 1874; main terrace perhaps slightly earlier. Brick, some painted and No. 91 pebble-dashed, with painted ashlar dressings. Roofs originally Welsh slate but some renewed in synthetic composition slates. One storey.
No. 95 has central renewed door in architrave with MILL VIEW COTTAGE inscribed in stone plaque above cornice. Flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills. Renewed sashes, pointed arched heads to renewed end windows. Date 1874 in panels in gable peak.
These houses have sociological as well as architectural interest, representing the Sunderland single-storey cottage which was the preferred house-type for C19 working class housing in the town. In similar streets elsewhere in the Durham Coalfield, the larger houses would be for colliery officials. LISTED GRADE 2
No. 95 has central renewed door in architrave with MILL VIEW COTTAGE inscribed in stone plaque above cornice. Flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills. Renewed sashes, pointed arched heads to renewed end windows. Date 1874 in panels in gable peak.
These houses have sociological as well as architectural interest, representing the Sunderland single-storey cottage which was the preferred house-type for C19 working class housing in the town. In similar streets elsewhere in the Durham Coalfield, the larger houses would be for colliery officials. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
438730
Northing
558740
Grid Reference
NZ438730558740
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/8/287