1-24, PARK PLACE EAST

1-24, PARK PLACE EAST

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1207114
Date first listed:
17-Oct-1994
List Entry Name:
1-24, PARK PLACE EAST
Statutory Address:
1-24, PARK PLACE EAST
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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1207114
Date first listed:
17-Oct-1994
List Entry Name:
1-24, PARK PLACE EAST
Statutory Address 1:
1-24, PARK PLACE EAST

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
1-24, PARK PLACE EAST

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 39989 56279

Details

SUNDERLAND

NZ3956SE PARK PLACE EAST 920-1/22/166 (East side) Nos.1-24 (Consecutive)

II

Terrace of 24 houses. 1850-80. Garden wall bond brick (5 and one), No.17 painted, with painted ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof with brick chimneys. Each house 2 storeys, with basements to Nos 14-20, and 3 windows except No.1 at left which has 4 and is wider as is No.13; left return of No.1 has 3 windows to Park Road. Houses step down the hill in groups, Nos 6-10 set back slightly. Sunderland-type panelled doors, which fold back to form panelled reveals to inner doors and overlights, at left of Nos 1-12, most others at sides but at centre of Nos 1 and 13 with flanking canted bays. Doorcases have pilasters suporting dentilled entablature with modillion cornice; similar treatment to ground floor canted bay windows. Most sash windows have horizontal glazing bars, those on first floor in stone architraves with scroll bracketed cornices and projecting stone sills. Inscribed stone street name plaque on No.1 using Roman capitals. Roof, hipped at left, has transverse-ridge and left end chimneys. Canted bay dormers with slate-hung sides and hipped roof to Nos 1, 5, 14 and 20, some pedimented or arched dormers, and C20 or altered dormers to Nos 7, 8, 9, 17 and 18. Left return has wedge stone lintels and projecting stone sills to windows, blocked exceot for first floor left which has horizontal glazing bars; canted bay dormer with hipped roof. (Milburn GE and Miller ST: Sunderland River, Town and People: Sunderland: 1988-: 61; Corfe T: The Buildings of Sudnerland 1814-1914: Newcastle: 1983-: 14).

Listing NGR: NZ3998956279

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The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
391547
Legacy System:
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Sources

Books and journals
Milburn, G E, Miller, S T, Sunderland: River, Town & People, (1988), 61
Corfe, T, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914, (1983), 14

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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