76-92 (even) James Armitage Street

76-92 (even) James Armitage Street

HER Number
7155
District
Sunderland
Site Name
76-92 (even) 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
Row of 9 cottages. C1870. Originally brick, Nos. 80, 82 and 84 now pebble-dashed. Painted ashlar dressings and Welsh slate roofs. One storey. Round brick arches over renewed doors and overlights paired between single window houses. Segment headed gauged brick flat arches over renewed windows with projecting stone sills. 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. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
438710
Northing
558710
Grid Reference
NZ438710558710
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/8/288