The Railway Inn, Robson Place

HER Number:
7171

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
The Railway Inn, Robson Place

Place:
Ryhope

Map Sheet:
NZ45SW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
House, now public house. Late C18. Painted incised stucco with painted ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof with dark grey ridge tiles and brick chimney. 2 storeys. Low wide panelled door and plain overlight. Altered ground floor windows. First floor sashes with glazing bars and painted wood architraves. In prominent position above road cutting. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
441340

Northing:
552820

Grid Reference:
NZ441340552820

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/23/258; William Whellan & Co, 1856, History, Topography and Directory of The County Palatine of Durham, p 616