Donwell

HER Number

9718

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Donwell

Place

Donwell

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Settlement

Site Type: Specific

Housing Estate

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Mostly a post-1945 mining settlement with houses for rent added in 1968. Between 1969 and 1970 Eric Watson designed Doncrest Road - a private road of seaside inspired houses with dark-stained timber.

Easting

429690

Northing

558120

Grid Reference

NZ429690558120

Sources

N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, The Buildings of England - County Durham, page 491