House circa 1810. Painted coursed squared limestone, roof of concrete tiles. 4 sash windows with projecting stone cills and flat stone lintels. Double door in later porch. Yellow brick chimney. A blue plaque at the east end of the north front records that nicholas Wood (1795-1865) colliery engineer and partner of George Stephenson, lived here during the sinkning of the Hetton Lyons pit in 1822. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House circa 1810. Painted coursed squared limestone, roof of concrete tiles. 4 sash windows with projecting stone cills and flat stone lintels. Double door in later porch. Yellow brick chimney. A blue plaque at the east end of the north front records that Nicholas Wood (1795-1865) colliery engineer and partner of George Stephenson, lived here during the sinking of the Hetton Lyons pit in 1822.
Site Name
Front Street, Laburnum House
Site Type: Specific
Engineers House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7007
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 8/8; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2015
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
Crossref
5186
DAY1
13
DAY2
13
District
Sunderland
Easting
435314
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
MATERIAL
Limestone
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
547391
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Hetton-le-Hole
Description
This building was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'House. Circa 1810. Coursed squared limestone; left return rendered; roof of Welsh slate. 2 storeys, 2 windows. 6-panelled door at left under oblong fanlight in deep, panelled reveal in doorcase of fluted pilasters, oval panels in frieze, and cornice. Sashes, without glazing bars, have projecting cills at ground floor, cill band at first floor and flat stone lintels. Hipped roof has one corniced yellow brick chimney stack between it and adjacent house. Round plaque at left to commemorate Nicholas Wood, who lived there.' LISTED GRADE II
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
This building was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'House. Circa 1810. Coursed squared limestone; left return rendered; roof of Welsh slate. 2 storeys, 2 windows. 6-panelled door at left under oblong fanlight in deep, panelled reveal in doorcase of fluted pilasters, oval panels in frieze, and cornice. Sashes, without glazing bars, have projecting cills at ground floor, cill band at first floor and flat stone lintels. Hipped roof has one corniced yellow brick chimney stack between it and adjacent house. Round plaque at left to commemorate Nicholas Wood, who lived there.'
Site Name
Front Street, St Nicholas House
Site Type: Specific
Engineers House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7006
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 8/7; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1299967
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2024
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
17129
DAY1
13
DAY2
21
District
Sunderland
Easting
435330
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
547410
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Hetton-le-Hole
Description
Parish church. 1901 by S.Piper. Rock-faced sandstone west elevation, coursed rubble elsewhere. Ashlar dressings, Welsh slate roof. Aisled nave, west baptistry, north and south transepts, chancel with lady chapel in south aisle, organ loft and vestry. Early English style. Lancet windows. Interior – Gothic choir stalls and pulpit by Messrs R. Hedley of Newcastle; reredos and chancel panelling 1929 by Hedley to designs of Hicks and Charlewood of Newcastle, in memory of Victims of Darlington railway disaster. Lady chapel east window re-used from former church, contains stained glass of 1865 in memory of Nicholas Wood. Queen Victoria memorial window in south aisle. Chancel window by Baker of London. Replaced a church built in 1831 as chapel of ease to serve new mining community. DELISTED IN 2010 AFTER A FIRE. Demolished 2014.
SITEASS
Pevsner - 1898-1901 by S. Piper. A good picturesque west front, on the ground floor, a baptistery with three parallel gables, and above it a group of five lancets under a gable. Gabled buttresses; bellcote. The interior with tall, square, slightly chamfered piers and arches high up dying into them.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Parish church. 1901 by Stephen Piper. Rock-faced sandstone west elevation, coursed rubble elsewhere. Ashlar dressings, Welsh slate roof. Aisled nave, west baptistry, north and south transepts, chancel with lady chapel in south aisle, organ loft and vestry. Early English style. Lancet windows. Interior – Gothic choir stalls and pulpit by Messrs R. Hedley of Newcastle; reredos and chancel panelling 1929 by Hedley to designs of Hicks and Charlewood of Newcastle, in memory of Victims of Darlington railway disaster. Lady chapel east window re-used from former church, contains stained glass of 1865 in memory of Nicholas Wood. Queen Victoria memorial window in south aisle. Chancel window by Baker of London. Replaced a church built in 1831 as chapel of ease to serve new mining community at a cost of £1460. De-listed in April 2010 following a fire on 4 November 2006. All contents were lost. One of the stained glass windows is now at the Bowes Museum. Recorded by The Brigantia Archaeological Practice in 2009. Demolished early 2014.
Site Name
Front Street, Church of St. Nicholas
Site Type: Specific
Parish Church
SITE_STAT
Listing Building Delisted
HER Number
7005
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 8/5; F. Smith, 1931, Hetton-le-Hole Parish Church, County Durham, 1831-1931; Department of Culture, Media and Sport and English Heritage, Schedule, 303161; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas; The Brigantia Archaeological Practice, 2009, Church of St Nicholas, Front Street, Hetton le Hole - Archaeological Assessment and Photographic Recording
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2015
English, British
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7003
DAY1
13
District
Sunderland
Easting
430310
EASTING2
3032
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
554120
NORTHING2
5408
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Harraton
Description
Ha-ha wall north of Fatfield House. Extends 42m. Wall of sandstone blocks retains bank on north. 3 steps at east end. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Ha Ha
SITEDESC
Ha-ha wall north of Fatfield House. Extends 42m. Wall of sandstone blocks retains bank on north. 3 steps at east end.
Site Name
Harraton, Vigo Lane, Fatfield House, ha-ha
Site Type: Specific
Ha Ha
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7004
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 4/4
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7004
DAY1
13
District
Sunderland
Easting
430270
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MATERIAL
Brick; Sandstone
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
554100
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Harraton
Description
House. Early C19. Rendered front elevation, sandstone rubble and brick gables and rear. Welsh slate roof with stone gable coping. 3 storeys. Central half glazed door in raised stone surround. Sash winbdows with glazing bars. 2-storey offshoot at rear. High garden wall at right, ramped, joined to house, with round window. Interior – stair with decorated tread ends. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House. Early C19. Rendered front elevation, sandstone rubble and brick gables and rear. Welsh slate roof with stone gable coping. 3 storeys. Central half glazed door in raised stone surround. Sash windows with glazing bars. 2-storey offshoot at rear. High garden wall at right, ramped, joined to house, with round window. Interior – stair with decorated tread ends.
Site Name
Vigo Lane, Fatfield House and garden wall
Site Type: Specific
Detached House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7003
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 4/3
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
246
DAY1
13
District
Sunderland
Easting
438790
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
MATERIAL
Limestone
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
551380
parish
Burdon
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Burdon
Description
House, now separate dwelling and offices. Early C19, incorporating a mid C18 house at left, with later alterations. Rendered limestone with ashlar dressings; roof Welsh slate. 2 storeys. Central door under oblong fanlight in shallow Greek Doric porch. 2 corniced panelled end chimneys on central block, and one on each ridge. Interior – main roof of left wing has cupboard with 2-panelled door and shaped shelves. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
Pevsner - long nine-bay, two-storey white ashlar façade with canted bay windows in the second and eighth bays and a Greek Doric porch. Contemporary with but coarser than Tunstall Lodge.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House, now separate dwelling and offices. Early C19, incorporating a mid C18 house at left, with later alterations. Rendered limestone with ashlar dressings; roof Welsh slate. 2 storeys. Central door under oblong fanlight in shallow Greek Doric porch. 2 corniced panelled end chimneys on central block, and one on each ridge. Interior – main roof of left wing has cupboard with 2-panelled door and shaped shelves. Was this Burdon House where in 1856 John and Elizabeth Gregson lived? Whellan describes Gregson as former lord of the manor.
Site Name
Burdon Hall
Site Type: Specific
Country House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7002
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 5/2; William Whellan & Co, 1856, History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham… p 615
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
13
District
Sunderland
Easting
438700
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552240
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Tunstall
Description
House, 1807. Rendered; roof of Welsh slate. 2 storeys, 5 windows. Central glazed 4-panelled door under patterned oblong fanlight in Greek Doric porch with fluted columns. Sash windows with glazing bars in plain reveals and projecting stone cills. Intersecting tracery to Venetian window over door. First and second floor windows have trompe l’oeil sashes. Ground floor rear windows are horizontal sliding sashes. Corniced ashlar chimneys. Interior – stair either side of full-height entrance hall. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
Pevsner - "New built" in 1807. Elegant but of strange proportions. Two storeys (one-and-a-basement at the back) and five widely spaced bays, the centre one projecting slightly, with an insignificant Venetian window over a Greek Doric porch. Hipped roof with deep eaves. Taller first-floor windows in the wings.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House, 1807. Rendered; roof of Welsh slate. 2 storeys, 5 windows. Central glazed 4-panelled door under patterned oblong fanlight in Greek Doric porch with fluted columns. Sash windows with glazing bars in plain reveals and projecting stone cills. Intersecting tracery to Venetian window over door. First and second floor windows have trompe l’oeil sashes. Ground floor rear windows are horizontal sliding sashes. Corniced ashlar chimneys. Interior – stair either side of full-height entrance hall. In 1856 James Septimus Robinson, a solicitor, lived at Tunstall Lodge with his family Dinah and Thomas. His office was at No. 2 William Street in Sunderland
Site Name
Tunstall Lodge, Burdon Road
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7001
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 5/1; William Whellan & Co, 1856, History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham… p 615
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
9302, 9303
DAY1
19
DAY2
19
District
Gateshead
Easting
422230
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
MONTH1
4
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559910
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Washingwells
Description
Opened in 1924, closed on 20 August 1964. Owned by Priestman Collieries LTD until 1947 when the National Coal Board took over.
SITEASS
Site reclaimed as Watergate Forest Park. A number of interesting historic features survive including a probable drift entrance. There are several large dressed stone in the forest park. Local tradition says that these are from the Scotswood Bridge.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Opened in 1924, closed on 20 August 1964. Owned by Priestman Collieries LTD until 1947 when the National Coal Board took over. Priestmans bought farmland near the colliery. In 1917 they bought 46 acres at Whickham Grange from Cuthbert and Alice Hunter. They bought 47 acres at High Glebe, Whickham. 192 acres at Marshall Lands. 33 acres at Washingwell Wood. 5 acres at Bucks Hill Plantation. The orchard at Fugar. 58 acres at Greens Farm from Lord Ravensworth in 1924. 90 acres at Washingwells Farm from AW Reichwald and Alfred Graden. 113 acres at Ravensworth Park Farm. 100 acres at Banesley Lane from Harriet Gray in 1938. 108 acres at Old Ravensworth from William Wilson in 1938. In 1940 the colliery employed 850 men and boys. On 3 July 1947 a gas explosion killed Henry Morgan, a coal hewer. William Hopper died trying to rescue him. Seven men were sent to Newcastle Infirmary. The pit heap started smouldering in 1991. Gateshead Council bought the land off British Coal and with a government grant reclaimed the land. In 1995 the field between Fugar and the pit was opencast to remove the remaining pillars of the Hutton seam.
Site Name
Watergate Colliery
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
7000
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Durham Mining Museum, www.dmm.org.uk; Norman Emery, 1998, Banners of the Durham Coalfield; Sunniside Local History Society, no date, Streetgate, www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/streetgate.html
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2007
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
DAY1
18
DAY2
03
District
Gateshead
Easting
412113
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ15NW
MONTH1
4
MONTH2
9
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557071
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Post Medieval 1540 to 1901
Place
Blackhall Mill
Description
There was a coal drift at this location. Date unknown. Not shown on Ordnance Survey maps.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
There was a coal drift at this location. Date unknown. Not shown on Ordnance Survey maps.
Site Name
Tongue Burns Drift
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
6999
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Durham Mining Museum, www.dmm.org.uk
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
District
Sunderland
Easting
430000
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
554000
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Biddick
Description
Opened before 1794. An explosion on 16 April 1766, killed 27 miners. Exact location of colliery not known.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Opened before 1794. An explosion on 16 April 1766, killed 27 miners. Exact location of colliery not known.