1-7, High Street West is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1978. Houses. 6 related planning applications.
1-7, High Street West
- WRENN ID
- sheer-ledge-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Sunderland Central MP: Lewis Atkinson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1978
- Type
- Houses
- OS grid reference
- NZ 392 570
- Coordinates
- 54.9063, -1.38934
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 1-7 High Street West is a terrace of houses that has been converted into shops and offices. It dates from the early 19th century and is built of painted coursed squared stone, featuring ashlar quoins and painted ashlar dressings. The roof is made of Welsh slate and includes brick chimneys and stone gable coping. The terrace is two storeys high with three windows each. The quoins are rusticated, and the ground floor has been altered. The first floor features four-paned sash windows, except for No. 6, which has casement windows, all set within moulded architraves. The windows of Nos. 1 and 2 have open pediments, while Nos. 4 and 5 have hooded sun-blinds. The roof is hipped on the left and steps up on alternate houses, with ridge and end chimneys. This terrace is situated in an important location facing the raised churchyard of the parish church of St Michael, Bishopwearmouth, and is next to the Empire Theatre.
Local climate
1-7, High Street West sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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