Description

SUNDERLAND

NZ3955 GRAY ROAD
920-1/16/91 (South side)
No.2
Gray House

GV II

House. 1913. By CA Clayton Greene. For Tindal Greene. Brick
under grey-washed rough render with narrow brick dressings;
roof of plain tiles with render and brick chimneys. Vernacular
revival style.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 4 windows, the left in cross wing. Arched
surround of narrow radiating bricks, some projecting like
voussoirs and keystone, to door to right of centre which has
long narrow central light and long narrow panels below
corniced hood with delicate pendant fret decoration. All
windows leaded casements with rendered plain reveals, except
where render awaiting renewal, and projecting wood sills.
Single windows above door and to left on first floor; 2-light
windows on each floor to right of door and at right on first
floor of projecting left wing under gable with swept feet and
brick kneelers and stepped tumbling-in; wide window on ground
floor, and 5-light first floor window in right return, of
wing. Steeply pitched roof and similar lower cross wing roof
have swept eaves; chimneys at right end, mid-slope behind
cross gable, and on ridge of cross gable. Rear garden front
has glazed door at right of centre and 2-light window to left
of it, with wood balcony balustrade above to glazed door and
narrow window; left full-height square bay projection with
5-light windows under pent roof; 5-, 4- and 2-light windows in
right gabled wing with 2-light in return.
INTERIOR: shows close-string dog-leg stair with stick
balusters, high grip handrail, and square newels with ball
finials on high swept feet; some doors 2-panelled, the
intermediate rail placed high, some glazed with bars, all with
architraves; chimney-pieces of historic type, one Tudor-arched
stone surround with sturdy wood mantel on wide pilasters,
others with tin-glazed tiles, cast-iron hour-glass or reeded
back grates. Art Nouveau fittings in attic room. Arch-brackets
to pegged beams in ground floor rooms, coved ceilings in first
floor of cross wing.
Some render removed at time of survey and awaiting
replacement.
(Signed and dated plan in possession of owner).

Listing NGR: NZ3989155953

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569077

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