Numbers 31, 32 And 33 And Attached Steps, Walls, Railings And Area Cover

SUNDERLAND

NZ4056 NORFOLK STREET 920-1/14/157 (East side) 10/11/78 Nos.31, 32 AND 33 and attached steps, walls, railings and area cover (Formerly Listed as: NORFOLK STREET (East side) Nos.31-33 (Consecutive))

GV II

3 houses, now offices, with steps, dwarf walls, area cover and railings attached. c1840. Flemish bond brick; painted basements, incised stucco to No.31, brick to others, and painted ashlar dressings to all. Welsh slate roof with brick chimneys. Stone steps and dwarf walls, wrought-iron railings and area cover. 2 storeys and basement, 3 windows. Steps up to Sunderland-type doors at left of each house, Nos 31 and 33 altered, folding back to form panelled reveals to inner doors and overlights. No.32 the inner door also panelled, others renewed. Doorcases of Tuscan pilasters and entablatures with shallow dentils to Nos 31 and 32. Wedge stone lintels and projecting stone sills to sash windows, some renewed, glazing bars to lower sashes on first floor of No.33. Roof has transverse ridge right end chimney to each house, with pots to No.32. Gabled dormer with slate-hung sides, front 3-pane sashes and single-pane lights on returns, 2 large roof lights inserted in No.32, 2 smaller flush lights in No.33. Ashlar steps have plain iron balustrades with flat handrails, spiral-ended where not joined to front railings which are spike-headed, and curved area cover to No.33 at right.

Listing NGR: NZ4003756946