Addison, miners institute

HER Number

13275

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Addison, miners institute

Place

Addison

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Education

Site Type: Broad

Institute

Site Type: Specific

Colliery Institute

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

A T-shaped building with a projecting side porch. There was a steeple on the roof of the shorter wing. There were barge boards on the gable end and a probable dormer in the main roof. The gable apices were finished with turned posts. Inside there was a reading room, communal hall and union lodge room. The building was destroyed by fire in the 1930s.

Easting

416000

Northing

564000

Grid Reference

NZ416000564000

Sources

Norman Emery, 1990, Corrugated Iron Public Buildings in County Durham, Durham Archaeological Journal, Vol 6, 1990, page 70; Rippeth, W.G., 1988, Ryton in Old Picture Postcards, p 57