Historic houses · North East England
Hawksley House
Hawksley House in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Hawksley House is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Hawksley House is an apartment building in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Designed by Sunderland-born brothers William and Thomas Ridley Milburn, the building was completed in 1907 as offices for the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company. It has recently been converted into apartments, at which time it gained its present name, after Thomas Hawksley and Charles Hawksley, father and son civil engineers who were associated with water related projects in Sunderland.
Architecture
The building was constructed in Penrith red sandstone and ashlar with a Lakeland slate roof. The exterior design is neoclassical and features Ionic porches, Tuscan window bays, architraves and dentilled cornices. The interior features a baroque, open stairwell with a glazed dome and high relief swags. The neoclassical design is repeated in the former board room, which has stucco wall panels and Ionic columns and pilasters.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.9045, -1.3799
- District
- Sunderland
- Parish
- Sunderland, unparished area
- Postcode
- SR1 1PP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sunderland Central
- Phone
- +44 191 553 2323
- Established
- 1907
- Opening
- Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 14:00-17:00
- Official site
- www.sunderland.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q15223371 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hawksley House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hawksley House?
- Hawksley House is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SR1 1PP), in the parish of Sunderland, unparished area.
- When was Hawksley House built?
- Built or established in 1907.
- Who owns Hawksley House?
- Hawksley House is owned by |architectural_style = Neoclassical and baroque.
- How do I get to Hawksley House?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SR1 1PP. It sits within the Sunderland Central parliamentary constituency.