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Bainbridge Holme..jpg
big house..jpg

Bainbridge Holme.

Leechmere House.

The Ettrick family mansion, site of the

The Ettrick family mansion, site of the little sister's of the poor.

Ford Hall..jpg
Belford House..jpg
Holmlea Thornholme Road..jpg

An old house but where.

Grindon Close owned by the Short family,
Plough Cottage, Tunstall Road, Sunderlan

Plough Cottage, Tunstall Road, c1904.

Southwick House..jpg

Grindon Close owned by the Short family, became Grindon library then was pulled down for an old folk's home.             

Once St. Peter's Vicarage- North. Bridge

Southwick House in colour.

Once St. Peter's Vicarage- North. Bridge Street and still there.

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A leafy Thornhill Towers..jpg

A leafy Thornhill Towers.

Corby hall Ashbrooke..jpg
Low Barnes Farm..jpg

Low Barnes Farm.

Hylton Castle where you can find the ear

Hylton Castle where you can find the earliest example U.S.A. flag in the Washington family's arms carved on the wall.          

Victoria Hall, before WWII..jpg
Thornhill House. Sir James Laing's old h

Thornhill House. Sir James Laing's old house.

Bede Tower in Ryhope Road.jpg

Bede Tower on Ryhope Road.

Pemberton hall, legend has it that the c

Pemberton Hall and legend has it that the old cellars were used for the two bowling greens at the bottom end of Barne's Park.

Coach house at Barnes Park..jpg

Coach house for Pemberton Hall at Barnes Park.

Havelock Tower, Hylton road..jpg

Havelock Tower, Hylton Road.

Holly House on Hylton Road ..jpg

Holly House on Hylton Road .

Pallion Hall..jpg

Pallion Hall.

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Pottery buildings, down near to the bott
Not a house this is the Main gate of Dox

Pottery buildings, down near to the bottom of High Street.

Tower House, South Hylton..jpg

Tower House, South Hylton.

Not a house, the Main gate of Doxford's '47, recently pulled down

The lodge of Silksworth Hall...jpg

The lodge of Silksworth Hall..

Ashburne House, 1916..jpg

Ashburne House, 1916, still there.

The Old Manor House that stood in the he

The Old Manor House that stood in the heart of Grindon, this was originally the home of the Vaux Family..               

Rear view of Grindon Hall..jpg

Rear view of Grindon Hall.

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Demolition of Grindon Old Hall in 1964, 

The Victoria Hall Sunderland. With extra
Victoria hall from another angle..jpg

The Victoria Hall Sunderland. With extra housing.

Hylton Road School..jpg

Victoria hall from another angle.

Thorney Close House..jpg

Hylton Road School.

Biddick Hall - Seat of the Lambton Famil

Biddick Hall - Seat of the Lambton Family.

Joseph Cook's Home - North Biddick Hall.

Joseph Cook's Home - North Biddick Hall.

Thorney Close House.

Haggis Hall was not a prestigious reside
Peareth Hall with staff..jpg

Peareth Hall with staff.

Usworth House also known as Peareth Hall

Haggis Hall was not a prestigious residence and In 1881 it housed the family of Joseph Appleby, a local coal miner.  

Usworth Hall..jpg
Vicarage house Herrington..jpg

Usworth House also known as Peareth Hall .

A derelict Herrington Hall in 1957..jpg

A derelict Herrington Hall in 1957.

Usworth Hall.

Washington Old Hall,.jpg

Washington Old Hall,

Low Usworth Manor..jpg
Cherry Knowle Asylum..jpg

A before and after view of Cherry Knowle Asylum.

Front view of Cherry Knowle Asylum,.jpg

Low Usworth Manor.

Building Ryhope Pumping Station..jpg

Building Ryhope Pumping Station.

Ryhope Pumping Station..jpg
Houghton Rectory,.jpg

Houghton Rectory,

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Penshaw Monument at night, much better than the new lights.

Quayside Exchange, previously the older
Quayside Exchange from High Street from

Quayside Exchange was the 1st Town Hall rear view.

Quayside Exchange on High Street from the fromt.

Silksworth Hall ..jpg
silksworth hall, another view..jpg
Doxford House formally Silksworth Hall..

Doxford House formally Silksworth House.

Silksworth Hall .

Herrington Hall while still in good cond

Herrington Hall while still in good condition.

grindon hall.jpg

Silksworth Hall, another view.

Sunderland House, Green Terrace.jpg

Sunderland House, Green Terrace.

Doxford house..jpg

Doxford house doorway.

What's left of Albion House..jpg

What's left of Albion House.

Doxford House.jpg

Doxford house, close up of the door.

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