Roker Park Terrace

HER Number

12442

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Roker Park Terrace

Place

Roker

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Terrace

Site Type: Specific

Terrace

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Edwardian terrace with Arts and Crafts influences. Built by 1905. Particularly well preserved and one of the most attractive and decorative terraces in the City. The houses sit behind a private road. They have elaborate porches, half timbered gables and sliding sash windows.

Easting

440560

Northing

558980

Grid Reference

NZ440560558980

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