A former hotel which played a central role in the formation of Sunderland AFC is to be upgraded.
The city council has given the go-ahead for improvements to the former Norfolk Hotel, in the Sunniside Conservation Area, which include structural repairs.
The red brick building is part of the local authority's plans to "regenerate" the city and is earmarked to be a cultural and community hub.
A blue plaque recognises it as the former home of the British Day School, where a meeting of local teachers in 1879 formed Sunderland and District Teachers' Association Football Club, which took on its more familiar name a year later.