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Plains Farm (known locally as Plainsy) is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, and is a council-built housing estate, erected in the Neighbouring areas include Silksworth , The Barnes, Thorney Close, Springwell and Farringdon .
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 ...
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.
Keel Square is a public space and boulevard based in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, completed in 2015. Located to the north of the City Centre opposite the Vaux Site, the square was constructed as part of the larger St. Mary's Way redevelopment. [1] The total cost of the project amounts to £11.8 million. [2]
Doxford Park (known locally as Doxy Park) is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, located to the south-west of the city centre.Once part of the historical township of Silksworth in the Middle Ages, Doxford Park consisted of agrarian land and a manor before being constructed into a modern housing estate in the 1960s.
Doxford House is a derelict 18th-century manor house adjacent to Doxford Park in the Silksworth area of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It is a Grade II* listed building The manor house formerly known as Silksworth House was constructed in 1775–1780 by William Johnson, who on his death in 1792 left the property in his will to his friend ...
Sunderland station. The city centre’s main area, it extends south from the Wear to the A1231, including Sunderland's major shops. It contains the market square, Elephant Tea Rooms, Sunderland station, High Street West and The Bridges Shopping Centre. The former Sunderland Civic Centre site is being redeveloped.
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 ...