Roker, Roker Park Road
Roker, Roker Park Road
HER Number
12438
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Roker, Roker Park Road
Place
Roker
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
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
Some of the properties were built by the the mid 1890s. The street was finished by 1905. Rough reddish-brown brick. These grand properties display carved timber details and are more substantial than later terraces. Each terrace is slightly different from the next in terms of the elegant stone detailing around the doors and windows. One particularly fine Edwardian terrace has fine terracotta work around the entrances.
Easting
440390
Northing
559150
Grid Reference
NZ440390559150
Sources
City of Sunderland, April 1997, Conservation Areas in the City of Sunderland; Sunderland City Council, February 2007, Roker Park Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy; City of Sunderland, 1998, Roker: A walk through the Conservation Area; T. Corfe, 1973, A History of Sunderland; T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914; S. Reeder, 1992, Whitburn and Roker in old picture postcards