Numbers 25-28 With Steps and Railings Attached
NUMBERS 25-28 WITH STEPS AND RAILINGS ATTACHED, JOHN STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1279896
- Date first listed:
- 10-Nov-1978
- List Entry Name:
- Numbers 25-28 With Steps and Railings Attached
- Statutory Address:
- NUMBERS 25-28 WITH STEPS AND RAILINGS ATTACHED, JOHN STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2007-06-26
- Reference:
- IOE01/16559/33
- Rights:
- © Mr Bob Cottrell. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1279896
- Date first listed:
- 10-Nov-1978
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 17-Oct-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Numbers 25-28 With Steps and Railings Attached
- Statutory Address 1:
- NUMBERS 25-28 WITH STEPS AND RAILINGS ATTACHED, 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:
- NUMBERS 25-28 WITH STEPS AND RAILINGS ATTACHED, 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 39867 56854
Details
SUNDERLAND
NZ3956NE JOHN STREET 920-1/20/129 (East side) 10/11/78 Nos.25-28 (Consecutive) with steps and railings attached (Formerly Listed as: JOHN STREET (East side) Nos.25-28 (Consecutive))
GV II
4 houses, now offices. c1840 with alterations c1900 to No.28 at right. Garden wall bond brick, with tuck pointing to No. 25; painted ashlar basements and dressings; Welsh slate roof with brick chimneys. 2 storeys and basement, each house 3 windows. Nos 25 and 26 have doorcases with dentilled entablature on Tuscan pilasters at right, doors removed and windows inserted, doors and cases removed from Nos 27 and 28. Basement to No.28 rises to ground floor sill string. Wedge stone lintels and projecting stone sills to sashes, mostly 4-pane and probably original, those on ground floor with panelled ashlar aprons. No.28 has sill strings and upper glazing bars to first floor sashes. Eaves gutter cornice. Roof has 2 dormers to No.25, one a canted bay dormer of Sunderland type with hipped roof and the second flat-topped; gabled dormer to No.28. Transverse-ridge chimneys. Steps removed from No.28 and blocked to No.27. Area railings renewed. Step balustrades cast-iron with wrought-iron handrails.
Listing NGR: NZ3986756854
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 391507
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 09-Jun-2026 at 04:24:53.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.