South Moor

HER Number

12477

District

Sunderland

Site Name

South Moor

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Detached House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

South Moor is shown on Ordnance Survey first edition of 1856. The site is now occupied by South Moor School. The area now known as The Cedars was built on land previously owned by the South Moor Estate in the mid to late Victorian period.

Easting

440050

Northing

555260

Grid Reference

NZ440050555260

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