Church House to Church of St John
CHURCH HOUSE TO CHURCH OF ST JOHN, ASHBROOKE CRESCENT
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1279913
- Date first listed:
- 10-Nov-1978
- List Entry Name:
- Church House to Church of St John
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH HOUSE TO CHURCH OF ST JOHN, ASHBROOKE CRESCENT
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1279913
- Date first listed:
- 10-Nov-1978
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 17-Oct-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Church House to Church of St John
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH HOUSE TO CHURCH OF ST JOHN, ASHBROOKE CRESCENT
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:
- CHURCH HOUSE TO CHURCH OF ST JOHN, ASHBROOKE CRESCENT
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 39561 55841
Details
SUNDERLAND
NZ3955 ASHBROOKE CRESCENT 920-1/16/6 (West side) 10/11/78 Church House to Church of St John (Formerly Listed as: ASHBROOKE CRESCENT (West side) South Church)
GV II
Caretaker's house to (originally Wesleyan) Methodist church of St John (qv). c1896. Rock-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings; roof of graduated Lakeland slate with ashlar coping. 2 storeys, 3 windows. Central boarded door and plain overlight, under flat stone lintel with raised centre, has small side lights in plain stone surrounds. Flat stone lintels, stone mullions, and sloping stone sills (those on ground floor painted) to 2-light sashes in outer bays; single sash above door. First floor string. Roof has gable copings on moulded kneelers. Included for group value. (Corfe T and Milburn G: Buildings and Beliefs: Sunderland: 1984-: 18; Milburn G: St.John's Ashbrooke - A Church and its story 1888-1988: Sunderland: 1988-: 18-19).
Listing NGR: NZ3956155841
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 391382
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Milburn, G, St Johns Ashbrooke 1888-1988, (1988), 18-19
Corfe, T, Milburn, G, Buildings and Beliefs, (1984), 18
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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