East Boldon, Front Street, Mixed Board School
East Boldon, Front Street, Mixed Board School
HER Number
9625
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
East Boldon, Front Street, Mixed Board School
Place
East Boldon
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
Class
Education
Site Type: Broad
School
Site Type: Specific
Board School
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
A fine mixed board school of 1885, now the village infant school. Single storey with a tall roofscape and a cascading Gothic arrangement of steep Welsh slate pitches, gables, hips, chimneys and cylindrical ridge vents. The large ornate timber cupola and spire has sadly gone. Rear extensions have not spolit its original design. Some of the playground walls have round coping bricks. LOCAL LIST
Easting
436540
Northing
561230
Grid Reference
NZ436540561230
Sources
Tyne and Wear Specialist Conservation Team, March 1992, Other Buildings of Acknowledged Architectural Quality or Historic Significance (South Tyneside UDP Appendix ENV (B)); North of England Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, February 2006, East Boldon Conservation Area Character Appraisal; East Boldon School Centenary 1885-1985; M. Linge, The Story of Boldon; A. Middleton, 1983, Boldon's Witness in Church and Community; N. Pevsner, 1953, The Buildings of England: County Durham; W. Wilson, 1935, A Short History of Boldon; SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011: REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/127/B