Description

SUNDERLAND

NZ35SE TUNSTALL HOPE ROAD, Tunstall 920-1/6/295 (West side) Tunstall Hope Lodge

II

Small villa, possibly lodge to former Tunstall Hills racecourse. c1840. Render with painted ashlar dressings; roof of graduated Lakeland slates with painted chimney. Classical style. One storey, 2x2 windows and lower rear wing with later extension. Side steps up to central Tuscan porch which has pronounced entasis to columns and pilasters with simplified upright acanthus leaves on necking; entablature has low-relief swags on frieze; 6-panelled door; segmental cellar arch in porch base. High plinth, reducing as land rises to rear, supports wide angle pilasters with banded rustication; renewed fixed lights with glazing bars have plain stone surrounds which rise from plinth, forming aprons. Top entablature. Low-pitched hipped roof has 2 round-headed dormers at front, and similar pair at rear, with plain casements; central wide square chimnay has pilasters and cornice, and tapered square corniced pots.

Listing NGR: NZ3890354253

External Links

• Wikidata Q26502311

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