Dairy Lane, The Villa

HER Number

7017

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Dairy Lane, The Villa

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Villa

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

House, now offices. Circa 1840. Rendered with incised lines, stone dressings, Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys. Sash windows with glazing bars. Ground floor windows have cast-iron balconies. Central 6-panelled door in flat Tuscan doorcase. Giant pilasters at corners, wide eaves on wooden brackets. Brick chimneys. Interior – dado in halls and to stair, architraves to most doors, internal shutters. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

433790

Northing

549820

Grid Reference

NZ433790549820

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 7/28