1-24 Park Place West

1-24 Park Place West

HER Number
7168
District
Sunderland
Site Name
1-24 Park Place West
Place
Sunderland
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 24 houses. 1850-54. Garden wall bond brick with painted ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roofs and brick chimneys. Each house 2 storeys, some with basements. Houses step down the hill in groups. Nos. 1-5 have Sunderland-type panelled doors in doorcases with Ionic pilasters and entablature. Surround removed from No. 5. Other houses have similar doors in Tuscan surround. Ground floor bay windows. Sash windows with horizontal glazing bars. Nos 2 and 3 have renewed glazing in mullioned casements. Inscribed stone street name plaque using Roman capitals. Some dormers with slate-hung sides. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
439920
Northing
556250
Grid Reference
NZ439920556250
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/22/167; GE Milburn and ST Miller, 1988, Sunderland, Riverr, Town and People, p. 61
T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914, p. 14