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Doxford House is an 18th-century mansion in the Silksworth area of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.It is a Grade II* listed building. [1]Formerly known as Silksworth House, it was constructed in 1775–1780 by William Johnson who on his death in 1792 bequeathed the property to his friend Hendry Hopper.
The Vaux Site is an area of brownfield land in the centre of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear currently undergoing development. The area of the former Vaux Breweries until its closure in 1999, the council are recreating the site in a multi-million pound joint venture with Carillion.
In 1950, Sunderland authorities purchased 208.69 acres (84.45 ha) [20] and set out plans for the creation of a new estate consisting of over 1,400 houses, [21] creating today's Farringdon. The last private owners of the estate were Robert Moorhead and George Lee, who were publicly critical of the pace at which the land was acquired and ...
Thorney Close is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear in England. It is located on the northern edge of the A690 (Durham Road), and borders with Grindon to the north and Herrington to the south, and the A19 to the west. Originally emerging as a Tudor era manor estate and orchard, Thorney Close was purchased by Sunderland authorities in the ...
The house was demolished in the middle of the twentieth century and was rebuilt as a retirement home. Most of the houses in Ford Estate were built in the 1930s and 1940s, [1] and most of the street names begin with the letter F, and also contain the word ford in them, examples of this are Falmouth Road, Fordham Road, Fordfield Road and Falkland ...
Tyne and Wear 54°53′42″N 1°23′17″W / 54.895°N 1.388°W / 54.895; Ashbrooke is a residential area of Sunderland , North East England directly south and south-west of the city centre.
Grindon is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.. Located three miles to the west of the city centre along Chester Road, Grindon originated as a Norman-era manor holding and was recreated into a post-war housing estate in the 20th century.
The SR postcode area, also known as the Sunderland postcode area, [2] is a group of eight postcode districts in north-east England, within three post towns. These cover eastern Tyne and Wear (including Sunderland ) and north-east County Durham (including Seaham and Peterlee ).