East Rainton, South Street, Rainton House

HER Number:
15738

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
East Rainton, South Street, Rainton House

Place:
East Rainton

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Detached House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Built and owned by Mr May, colliery engineer. In 1856 Thomas Wood, mining engineer, bought Rainton House. He was the son of Nicholas Wood, one of the original owners of North Hetton Coal Co. In 1901 a servants wing was added to the house. In 1908 a lounge and extra bedroom was added. The Wood family left East Rainton when the mining firm of Hugh Wood & Co was estabished in Newcastle. Thomas Wood was a director of the company. Rainton House was then bought by a Mr Ferrier. When he left, the house stood vacant for some time. In 1928 it was bought by Mr E H Suggett. The house was divided into four separate dwellings. In the 1940s Mr T.F. Hutchinson, another director of Hugh Wood & Co, occupied the main part of the house. The firm paid for repairs and redecoration at St. Cuthbert's Church.

Easting:
3350

Northing:
4792

Grid Reference:
NZ33504792

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
East Rainton Women's Institute, ?1940s, History of East Rainton (typescript); Robert Hope, no date, East Rainton in the 1920s; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas