Rent Office, Former Chapel
RENT OFFICE, FORMER CHAPEL, RYHOPE VILLAGE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1207141
- Date first listed:
- 10-Nov-1978
- List Entry Name:
- Rent Office, Former Chapel
- Statutory Address:
- RENT OFFICE, FORMER CHAPEL, RYHOPE VILLAGE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1207141
- Date first listed:
- 10-Nov-1978
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 17-Oct-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Rent Office, Former Chapel
- Statutory Address 1:
- RENT OFFICE, FORMER CHAPEL, RYHOPE VILLAGE
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:
- RENT OFFICE, FORMER CHAPEL, RYHOPE VILLAGE
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 41073 52892
Details
SUNDERLAND
NZ4152NW THE VILLAGE, Ryhope 920-1/23/270 (North side) 10/11/78 Rent Office, former chapel (Formerly Listed as: THE VILLAGE, Ryhope (North side) Ryhope Infants' School)
GV II
Shown on OS as CoE School. Church of England chapel of ease to Church of St Michael (qv), Bishopwearmouth; later infants' school, then library, now rent office. 1826-7; change of use to school c1870; library by 1984. Limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; roof of graduated thick grey slates with ashlar bellcote and copings. EXTERIOR: one high storey, 2 windows and lower one-storey, one-window porch with lower rear extension. Porch at left has plain stone lintel and alternate block jambs to boarded double doors and overlight with glazing bars. Rusticated quoins to porch and to main block which has 2 wide renewed mullion and transom windows with glazing bars in fixed lights, and surrounds similar to that of door. Stone copings on all gables; W rusticated ashlar bellcote on plinth, with voussoirs to bell arch, has cornice and blocking course. Porch left return has dripmould over mullioned and transomed pointed-arched window; similar window in porch rear extension. INTERIOR, partly inspected, shows wide inner architrave to door from porch to inquiries counter, and some dado panelling in lobby to counter. Ceased use as chapel when new Church of St Paul opened (qv).
Listing NGR: NZ4107352892
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 391617
- 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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