1 to 4 The Cedars
1 to 4 The Cedars
HER Number
              12465
          District
              Sunderland
          Site Name
              1 to 4 The Cedars
          Place
              Sunderland
          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
              Nos. 1 and 2 are now called Kensington House divided into 12 apartments. Nos. 3 and 4 are now Cedar House Rest Home and 4a is called The Coach House. A short substantial terrace, three storeys and three bays to each property. No. 1 has a large two storey porch with Baroque and Italianate features, including 'bullseye' windows, a parapet and stag motif. Most of the windows are uPVC. There is a magnificent brick boundary wall which is highly distinctive, featuring decorative brickwork, plinths and sandstone capping. Portions of it have been unsympathetically altered. There is a fine limestone boundary wall on the return of No. 1 fronting Ryhope Road.
          Easting
              440030
          Northing
              555560
          Grid Reference
              NZ440030555560
    Sources
              Sunderland City Council, February 2008, The Cedars Proposed Conservation Area - Character Appraisal and Management Strategy; North of England Civic Trust, 1999, Proposed Belford/Backhouse Conservation Area, Sunderland - Conservation Area Assessment and Draft Character Appraisal