15-18 Fawcett Street

HER Number

17780

District

Sunderland

Site Name

15-18 Fawcett Street

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Three properties with the original house shell now used for commercial purposes. The first is occupied by Thomas Watson a chartered surveyor and estate agent. This house is separated from the next terrace by an ornate sandstone entrance for first floor offices. The following terrace also has a sandstone frontage and is currently occupied by Greggs Bakery. The third structure was occupied by Gowland the jeweller followed by Northern Goldsmiths.

Easting

439764

Northing

557020

Grid Reference

NZ439764557020

Sources

Tumman, J, Johnson, M and Lane, A (no date) A walk around Historic Sunderland- The Fawcett and Sunniside Estates