Description

SUNDERLAND

NZ3956NE FOYLE STREET
920-1/20/80 (West side)
10/11/78 Nos.15-25 (Consecutive)

GV II

Terrace of 11 houses, now offices. c1840. Garden wall bond
brick (5 and one) with painted ashlar dressings; Welsh slate
roofs with brick chimneys. Each house 2 storeys and basement,
3 windows. Steps up to double 6-panelled doors which fold back
to form reveals of doorcases of pilasters and entablature,
some with Greek key and some with palmette and anthemion
friezes, and with prominent cornices. Wedge stone lintels and
projecting stone sills to sashes, most renewed and some with
glazing bars. Hipped roof has transverse-ridge brick chimneys.
Sans serif capitals incised on panel with FOYLE STREET, and
well-proportioned incised Roman capitals ATHENAEUM STREET on
right return, on painted ashlar street name plaques on No.25
at north. Restored railings on steps and on restored dwarf
walls.

Listing NGR: NZ3996356898

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503375

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Care and Repair