Description

SUNDERLAND

NZ4057 CHURCH WALK
920-1/12/47 (South side)
10/11/78 Caretaker's cottage to Church of
Holy Trinity and attached wall
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH WALK
(South side)
Caretaker's Cottage to Church of
Holy Trinity)

GV II

Formerly Donnison school and school-mistress' house; now
cottage for caretaker of Holy Trinity Church, with wall
attached at left. 1798 on this site, founded under Mrs.
Elizabeth Donnison's will of 1764; extended 1827 at expense of
Mrs. Elizabeth Woodcock by addition of a house for a
school-mistress. Narrow brick, Flemish bond; painted ashlar
dressings; slate roof. Flemish bond brick wall with stone
coping breaks forward from left and joins yard wall along
street.
One storey, 3:4 bays. First build at right has plinth and
impost band to blank arcade and recessed left door surround,
with gauged brick arches. Top blocking course and raised panel
above 4-panelled door with patterned overlight; THE DONNISON
SCHOOL in top panel in low-relief letters. Low-pitched hipped
roof. Left building has similar door in round-headed surround
with gauged brick arch in projecting right entrance bay on
plinth; impost band to two left bays with gauged brick round
arches over fixed lights with glazing bars. Low-relief BOYS in
panel over door. Top blocking course. Low-pitched hipped roof
with tall left brick chimney-stack. Stone-coped wall set back
at left has blocked opening with projecting stone sill and
breaks forward with stepped stone coping to wall and to tall
brick pier on street front, returning along street front in
later bond for one bay containing blocked opening under flat
stone lintel.

Listing NGR: NZ4063757214

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26581252

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2