Silksworth, Warden Law Lane, Old School House

HER Number

12813

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Silksworth, Warden Law Lane, Old School House

Place

Silksworth

Map Sheet

NZ35SE

Class

Education

Site Type: Broad

School

Site Type: Specific

Church School

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

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.

Easting

437450

Northing

552970

Grid Reference

NZ437450552970

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