County Court With Attached Steps and Railings
COUNTY COURT WITH ATTACHED STEPS AND RAILINGS, JOHN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1207102
- Date first listed:
- 17-Oct-1994
- List Entry Name:
- County Court With Attached Steps and Railings
- Statutory Address:
- COUNTY COURT WITH ATTACHED STEPS AND RAILINGS, JOHN STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1207102
- Date first listed:
- 17-Oct-1994
- List Entry Name:
- County Court With Attached Steps and Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- COUNTY COURT WITH ATTACHED STEPS AND RAILINGS, JOHN STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- COUNTY COURT WITH ATTACHED STEPS AND RAILINGS, JOHN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Sunderland (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 39830 56868
Details
SUNDERLAND
NZ3956NE JOHN STREET 920-1/20/133 (West side) County Court with attached steps and railings
GV II
County Court with steps, dwarf walls and railings attached. Dated 1876. Ashlar, first floor bright red brick in English bond with ashlar dressings. Roof not visible. Free Baroque style. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and basement. 7 windows. Rusticated ground floor has steps up to double 8-panelled doors and plain overlights in end bays. Doorcases have lugged architrave surrounds, with corner paterae, in fluted hollow reveals flanked by long scroll brackets supporting cornice and entablature with hood. Long keystones from architrave to hood have carved heads: at left, blindfolded Justice, at right, Queen Victoria and date 1876. Ground floor with channelled rustication has wide sill band to sashes with moulded architraves. Basement has plain reveals to fixed lights with glazing bars. First floor sashes have architraves under panelled frieze and cornice. Top entablature has COUNTY COURT incised in panel under brick fascia and prominent modillioned gutter cornice with blocking course. Square topped dwarf walls flanking steps to each door have spear-headed cast-iron railings which continue along chamfered area wall.
Listing NGR: NZ3983056868
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 391511
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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