Sunderland, Bede College, gymnasium

HER Number:
16319

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Bede College, gymnasium

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Sports Building

Site Type: Specific:
Gymnasium

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
The Bede Collegiate Schools were opened here in 1929 in a symmetrical arrangement of buildings. The gymnasium dates from the 1930s and its design and appearance are typical of school buildings of its period. The gym was a single storey block on the north-west side of the main buildings. The building was made of brick with large ribbed ferroconcrete panels in the east and west walls. The gym block contained two similar sports halls aligned north-south. The building was recorded by ASUD in 2012 ahead of demolition.

Easting:
3791

Northing:
5544

Grid Reference:
NZ37915544

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Services University of Durham, 2012, Bede College, Sunderland - historic building recording