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Westburn House (St Anthony's Secondary School)

A Grade II Listed Building in Millfield, Sunderland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.8998 / 54°53'59"N

Longitude: -1.392 / 1°23'31"W

OS Eastings: 439090

OS Northings: 556288

OS Grid: NZ390562

Mapcode National: GBR VB6.CS

Mapcode Global: WHD5C.L3CK

Plus Code: 9C6WVJX5+W6

Entry Name: Westburn House (St Anthony's Secondary School)

Listing Date: 17 October 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1207142

English Heritage Legacy ID: 391622

ID on this website: 101207142

Location: Thornhill Cresecent, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2

County: Sunderland

Electoral Ward/Division: Millfield

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Sunderland

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear

Church of England Parish: Bishopwearmouth St Nicholas

Church of England Diocese: Durham

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Description


SUNDERLAND

NZ3956SW THORNHILL TERRACE 920-1/21/221 (South side (off)) Westburn House (St Anthony's Secondary School)

GV II

House, now school. Mid C19. Horizontally-tooled ashlar with ashlar plinth and dressings; roof graduated Lakeland slate with ashlar chimneys and cast-iron crestings. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and basement, 3x3 windows. Central porch has angle pilasters and cornice; half-glazed door, overlight and sidelights, and two windows in returns, all with glazing bars and panelled aprons. Sashes with glazing bars on both floors have shaped aprons to projecting stone sills; and rusticated voussoirs, the central larger. Basement light at right only. Giant pilasters at corners and framing central bay on left return are linked by floor string and wide eaves cornice with dentils and modillions. Hipped roof has side consoles to 2 front dormers with hipped roofs and slate-hung sides, and one similar dormer on returns; tall corniced ashlar chimneys at right end and at left of ridge have tapered square yellow pots; ornate ridge cresting. INTERIOR shows C18 style dogleg stair of 4 flights with decorated tread ends, grip handrail wreathed at foot, carved turned baulsters, and moulded dado. Fire screens inserted on landings. 6-panelled doors in architraves; strapwork ceiling in left rear ground-floor room.

Listing NGR: NZ3909056288

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