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Central Buildings

A Grade II Listed Building in Hendon, Sunderland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9073 / 54°54'26"N

Longitude: -1.3792 / 1°22'45"W

OS Eastings: 439898

OS Northings: 557134

OS Grid: NZ398571

Mapcode National: GBR VD3.57

Mapcode Global: WHD55.SXDB

Plus Code: 9C6WWJ4C+W8

Entry Name: Central Buildings

Listing Date: 17 October 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1291987

English Heritage Legacy ID: 391647

ID on this website: 101291987

Location: Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR1

County: Sunderland

Electoral Ward/Division: Hendon

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Sunderland

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear

Church of England Parish: Hendon

Church of England Diocese: Durham

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Description


SUNDERLAND

NZ3957SE WEST SUNNISIDE 920-1/18/238 (West side) Central Buildings

GV II

Offices. c1900. Ashlar; Welsh slate roof with stone gable coping. 3 storeys and basement, 9 windows. Double doors, each 6-panelled, and semicircular overlight below 3rd and 4th windows in doorcase of keyed architrave in frame of fluted pilasters and scrolled pediment rising between first-floor windows. Secondary 6-panelled door in first bay with block rustication to lower part of Tuscan engaged columns supporting entablature with pulvinated frieze and segmental pediment. Plain sashes, except for wide window in two right end ground-floor bays, in plain reveals with sill strings; triple keystones on ground floor, top floor with enablature with CENTRAL BUILDINGS incised in frieze below prominent eaves gutter cornice; shaped gable over 3 right bays contains paired windows between pilasters with monogram in pedimented aedicule; balustrade from gable to left end.

Listing NGR: NZ3989857134

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