Water Pumping Station, superintendent’s house
Water Pumping Station, superintendent’s house
HER Number
7204
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Water Pumping Station, superintendent’s house
Place
Ryhope
Map Sheet
NZ45SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Industrial House
Site Type: Specific
Foremans House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Superintendent’s house to water pumping station. C1869. Possibly by Hawksley. Brick with ashlar quoins and dressings. Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings and tall corniced brick chimneys. L-plan with projecting cross-wing. 2 storeys. Renewed central door in corniced stone surround. Stone mullions and transoms to all windows. Canted bay with lead-covered hipped roof under 2-light window and slit in gable peak. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT; LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
440380
Northing
552390
Grid Reference
NZ440380552390
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/7/263