Post office shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Postal System Structure
SITEDESC
Post office shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Name
Silksworth, Warden Law Lane, post office
Site Type: Specific
Post Office
HER Number
12822
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition 1896
YEAR1
2010
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
221
DAY1
19
District
Sunderland
Easting
437590
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552660
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Silksworth
Description
Well shown on Ordnance Survey first edition. Now a supermarket car park. A Russian cross was found in the well, believed to have belonged to Lady Beckwith of Silksworth House. She was a Catholic convert. The well could be medieval in date as the Chapel of St. Leonard was located here (HER 221).
Site Type: Broad
Water Storage Site
SITEDESC
Well shown on Ordnance Survey first edition. Now a supermarket car park. A Russian cross was found in the well, believed to have belonged to Lady Beckwith of Silksworth House. She was a Catholic convert. The well could be medieval in date as the Chapel of St. Leonard was located here (HER 221).
Site Name
Silksworth, Chapel Garth Well
Site Type: Specific
Well
HER Number
12821
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Sunderland City Council, November 2009, Silksworth Hall Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy, Consultation Draft, page 26
YEAR1
2010
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7198
DAY1
19
District
Sunderland
Easting
437550
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552860
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Silksworth
Description
Site of stables, coach house and glass houses set around a courtyard to the west of Silksworth Hall on the first edition Ordnance Survey. They were demolished and built over with villa type houses in the 1960s and 1970s.
Site Type: Broad
Estate Building
SITEDESC
Site of stables, coach house and glass houses set around a courtyard to the west of Silksworth Hall on the first edition Ordnance Survey. They were demolished and built over with villa type houses in the 1960s and 1970s.
Site Name
Silksworth Hall, stables and coach house
Site Type: Specific
Estate Building
HER Number
12820
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Sunderland City Council, November 2009, Silksworth Hall Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy, Consultation Draft, page 26
YEAR1
2010
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7198
DAY1
19
District
Sunderland
Easting
437530
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552960
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Silksworth
Description
Lodge house to Silksworth Hall (HER 7198). Quirky roof line and Arts and Crafts detail. Late 19th century in date so pre-date the present Hall.
Site Type: Broad
Lodge
SITEDESC
Lodge house to Silksworth Hall (HER 7198). Quirky roof line and Arts and Crafts detail. Late 19th century in date so pre-date the present Hall.
Site Name
Silksworth Hall Drive, The Lodge
Site Type: Specific
Lodge
HER Number
12819
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Sunderland City Council, November 2009, Silksworth Hall Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy, Consultation Draft, page 26
YEAR1
2010
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7198
DAY1
19
District
Sunderland
Easting
437480
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552950
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Silksworth
Description
Lodge house to Silksworth Hall (HER 7198). Quirky roof line and Arts and Crafts detail. Late 19th century in date so pre-date the present Hall.
Site Type: Broad
Lodge
SITEDESC
Lodge house to Silksworth Hall (HER 7198). Quirky roof line and Arts and Crafts detail. Late 19th century in date so pre-date the present Hall.
Site Name
Warden Law Lane, West Lodge
Site Type: Specific
Lodge
HER Number
12816
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Sunderland City Council, November 2009, Silksworth Hall Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy, Consultation Draft, page 26
YEAR1
2010
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
19
District
Sunderland
Easting
437670
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552750
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Place
Silksworth
Description
The development of Silksworth Hall Drive in the 1970s destroyed a large part of the fine garden of Silksworth Hall. The houses are of high value but are architecturally undistinguished, built in mock-Georgian style. The houses have large gardens which retain the tree canopy of the original Hall grounds. The front boundary walls are attractive. The stone is said to have come from the old Sunderland Town Hall which was demolished in the 1970s. The walls do include a crest of old Sunderland Town and a crest from a Freemason's Lodge.
Site Type: Broad
Boundary
SITEDESC
The development of Silksworth Hall Drive in the 1970s destroyed a large part of the fine garden of Silksworth Hall. The houses are of high value but are architecturally undistinguished, built in mock-Georgian style. The houses have large gardens which retain the tree canopy of the original Hall grounds. The front boundary walls are attractive. The stone is said to have come from the old Sunderland Town Hall which was demolished in the 1970s. The walls do include a crest of old Sunderland Town and a crest from a Freemason's Lodge.
Site Name
Silksworth, Silksworth Hall Drive, boundary walls
Site Type: Specific
Boundary Wall
HER Number
12815
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Sunderland City Council, November 2009, Silksworth Hall Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy, Consultation Draft, page 26
YEAR1
2010
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Communications
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7231
DAY1
19
District
Sunderland
Easting
437500
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552800
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Place
Silksworth
Description
Set into the limestone boundary wall on Warden Law Lane, by the entrance to The Pottery, is a charming traditional red post box. However the way it has been inserted into the wall has resulted in an unsightly area of poorly finished cement mortar which may be causing damage to the surrounding stonework.
Site Type: Broad
Postal System Structure
SITEDESC
Set into the limestone boundary wall on Warden Law Lane, by the entrance to The Pottery, is a charming traditional red post box. However the way it has been inserted into the wall has resulted in an unsightly area of poorly finished cement mortar which may be causing damage to the surrounding stonework.
Site Name
Silksworth, Warden Law Lane, post box
Site Type: Specific
Post Box
HER Number
12814
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Sunderland City Council, November 2009, Silksworth Hall Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy, Consultation Draft, page 23
YEAR1
2010
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
19
DAY2
28
District
Sunderland
Easting
437450
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
MONTH1
1
MONTH2
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552970
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Silksworth
Description
Built in 1852 by Mr. WR Robinson, owner of Silksworth Hall. Simple stone Church of England school. Pupils attended from nearby Silksworth Colliery and as far afield as East and Middle Herrington. For twenty years the school was also used as a church (shown as Church Chapel of Ease on OS first edition). Now a private house, the old school has undergone a number of sympathetic alterations and features a new boundary wall and railings with an ink pot and quill design, reflecting the building's former use.
Site Type: Broad
School
SITEDESC
Built in 1852 by Mr. WR Robinson, owner of Silksworth Hall. Simple stone Church of England school. Pupils attended from nearby Silksworth Colliery and as far afield as East and Middle Herrington. For twenty years the school was also used as a church (shown as Church Chapel of Ease on OS first edition). Now a private house, the old school has undergone a number of sympathetic alterations and features a new boundary wall and railings with an ink pot and quill design, reflecting the building's former use. Described by Whellan in 1856 as a 'small but neat building' where divine service was performed on a Sunday evening was the rector of Bishopwearmouth.
Site Name
Silksworth, Warden Law Lane, Old School House
Site Type: Specific
Church School
HER Number
12813
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Sunderland City Council, November 2009, Silksworth Hall Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy, Consultation Draft, page 23; William Whellan & co, 1856. History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham, p 616
YEAR1
2010
YEAR2
2014
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7227
DAY1
19
District
Sunderland
Easting
437570
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
MONTH1
1
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552740
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Silksworth
Description
Former lodge to Silksworth House. An attractive private residence with excellent cast iron railings to the front.
Site Type: Broad
Lodge
SITEDESC
Former lodge to Silksworth House. An attractive private residence with excellent cast iron railings to the front.
Site Name
Warden Law Lane, The Lodge
Site Type: Specific
Lodge
HER Number
12812
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Sunderland City Council, November 2009, Silksworth Hall Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy, Consultation Draft, page 22