Belford Terrace

HER Number

12470

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Belford Terrace

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

Victorian terrace. Grand, classical and ornate and laid out in a 'handed pair' arrangement with the end pairs brought forward to create a pavilion effect. Highly decorated with stone dressings including quoins, pediments, strings and parapets. Welsh slate mansard roof.

Easting

440080

Northing

555380

Grid Reference

NZ440080555380

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