Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland Street, Cottage Homes

HER Number:
15962

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland Street, Cottage Homes

Place:
Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Health and Welfare

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Childrens Home

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Children's Home for orphans who had lost their parents in World War Two. 12 boys and 12 girls lived there in the 1940s. The boys and girls were looked after by a 'mother' and the home was run by a matron. Next to the children's home was a farm, a piggery, laundry and a hospital (the workhouse HER 6055). To the west was Stocksfield Terrace. To the south was the Lake (HER 7851). Presumably the home was demolished to make way for the A690 and Hillside Way.

Easting:
3424

Northing:
5000

Grid Reference:
NZ34245000

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Lanagan, 2011, The Cottage Homes - Memories from Luke Daglish 1943-1951, www.houghtonlespring.org.uk/articles/houghtonlespringmem6.htm