Cleadon, Sunderland Road, infants school

HER Number:
12784

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Cleadon, Sunderland Road, infants school

Place:
Cleadon

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:
Elementary School

Site Type: Specific:
Infant School

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Opened 1903 for children 5-13. It was the only school in the village until 1907. Building is rendered and incised to look like masonry. The windows are original. The building comprises two symmetrical halves - probably divided into boys and girls schools. Part of the left hand porch and a section of the lower roof was removed when the church hall (HER 12783) was built. Building was in use as the village infant school until 1963, it continued to be used as a dining room and library until 2007. It is now the village community centre.

Easting:
3854

Northing:
6235

Grid Reference:
NZ38546235

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
South Tyneside Council, 2007, Cleadon Conservation Area Character Appraisal, page 38; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas