1-7 High Street West

HER Number

4472

District

Sunderland

Site Name

1-7 High Street West

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Terrace

Site Type: Specific

Terrace

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Terrace of houses, now shops and offices. Early C19. Painted coursed squared stone with ashlar quoins and painted ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof with brick chimneys. Two storeys. Rusticated quoins. Ground floor altered. First floor has sash and casement windows. Nos. 4 and 5 have sun-blinds. An important site facing the raised churchyard of the parish of St. Michael, and next to the Empire Theatre. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

439240

Northing

557010

Grid Reference

NZ439240557010

Sources

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