Monkwearmouth College Swan Street Centre (West Building)
MONKWEARMOUTH COLLEGE SWAN STREET CENTRE (WEST BUILDING), SWAN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1218138
- Date first listed:
- 17-Oct-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Monkwearmouth College Swan Street Centre (West Building)
- Statutory Address:
- MONKWEARMOUTH COLLEGE SWAN STREET CENTRE (WEST BUILDING), SWAN STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1218138
- Date first listed:
- 17-Oct-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Monkwearmouth College Swan Street Centre (West Building)
- Statutory Address 1:
- MONKWEARMOUTH COLLEGE SWAN STREET CENTRE (WEST BUILDING), SWAN 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:
- MONKWEARMOUTH COLLEGE SWAN STREET CENTRE (WEST BUILDING), SWAN 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 39115 58514
Details
SUNDERLAND
NZ35NE SWAN STREET, Southwick 920-1/4/289 (North side) Monkwearmouth College Swan Street Centre (west building)
GV II
Formerly known as: Monkwearmouth Grammar School SWAN STREET. Tertiary college, formerly grammar school. c1925. Brick with painted concrete dressings; roof of plain tiles. Symmetrical neo-Greek style. EXTERIOR: one storey, with 2-storey entrance blocks flanking centre: 1:5:3:12:3:5:1 windows. Painted plinth. Projecting entrance pavilions have painted central bays with 6-panelled double doors in architraves; stepped corniced panels above to sill of first-floor sash which has corniced architrave; flanking bays contain tripartite sashes with gauged brick flat arches and projecting painted sills in bays defined by giant pilasters with lotus and acanthus leaf capitals, supporting entablature of frieze with patera, central pediment, and blocking course. Similar pediment, frieze and blocking course on plain pilasters of painted lower one-bay end pavilions containing sashes; intermediate sections have fixed lights with central pivoting sections and projecting stone sills, below deep eaves band and gutter cornice. All windows have glazing bars. Short set-back blank section at each end. Hipped roof, with recessed hip over set-backs, from which rise hipped roofs over entrances with plain chimneys rising from returns of blocking course and with high pedimented louvred square ridge ventilators.
Listing NGR: NZ3911558514
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 391606
- 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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