Description

NZ 4056,
920-1/14/232

SUNDERLAND,
VILLIERS STREET (East side),
Nos. 29 AND 30

10/11/78

GV

II

Two houses, now offices. 1790 (owner's information). Flemish
bond brick, the ground floor of No. 30 at left painted, except
for top floor of No. 30, with ashlar plinth and painted ashlar
dressings; Welsh slate roofs. Three storeys, each house three windows.
Steps up to recessed 6-panelled doors and overlights with
radiating glazing bars at left of each, No. 30 at left in plain
arched reveals with renewed brick surround, No. 29 at right in
panelled arched reveals with doorcase of Tuscan pilasters,
leafy capitals described in previous description missing at
time of survey, and entablature with paterae in friezes on
columns supporting open pediment set on painted stucco wedge
lintel. No. 30 has ground-floor glazing renewed; top floor
partly rebuilt in garden wall bond, with one renewed sash,
others with glazing bars, brick sills and soldier-course
lintels; all other windows sashes with glazing bars, wedge
stone lintels and projecting stone sills.

Listing NGR: NZ4014256989

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580084

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)