19 Fawcett Street

19 Fawcett Street

HER Number
17781
District
Sunderland
Site Name
19 Fawcett Street
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Shop
Site Type: Specific
Furniture Shop
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Building designed by M.K. Glass for the British and Colonial Furniture Company in 1929. The building is constructed out of brick with a decorative frontage constructed out of local measures sandstone. Brick chimneys can be observed on either side of the building. The structure has a large central window with decorative ironwork and carved sandstone features. The ground floor is currently used as a commercial premise for the British Heart Foundation.
Easting
439770
Northing
556990
Grid Reference
NZ439770556990
Sources
Tumman, J, Johnson, M and Lane, A (no date) A walk around Historic Sunderland- The Fawcett and Sunniside Estates