2-13 Bridle Path

These buildings were added to the South Tyneside local list in 2023. The local list description reads:
'A group of 6 pairs of early Edwardian semi-detached villas, located just outside of the Conservation Area.
The unusual design was the work of a local architect, Oliver Hall Mark, who was only 23 when he designed the houses. He went on to become the official architect for educational buildings in Sunderland, until 1945.
4 pairs of semis have imposing 2 storey brick bay windows, having gable pitched roofs above, with a half-timbered gable peak. 2 pairs of semis have only ground floor brick bay windows, with low pitched roofs. All of the semis have recessed front doors, which abut the party walls, & incorporate unusual open balcony features above. The steep pitched roofs are of red Rosemary clay tiles, with deep bargeboards to the gables, & have impressive chimney stacks.
The houses are offered additional privacy by the deep front gardens & brick boundary walls, many having moulded brick gate pillars, with decorative capping stones. Most of the boundary walls are topped with neatly trimmed hedging. No. 13 has had a recent 2 storey side extension added, but this is subordinate in nature & is in character with the main house.
The unusual design of these houses & the variety of architectural features displayed, provide an interesting and attractive vista, when approaching the village centre from Dipe Lane & Bridle Path. Immediately to the south of these houses, is a slightly older detached villa, 1 Bridle Path (Jubilee House). Built in 1897, the year of Queen Victoria's Jubilee (hence the house name), for the Linge family, who were market gardeners from Lincolnshire. The fields around the house were cultivated to provide food for the miners.
These houses are referenced in the East Boldon Neighbourhood Plan (paragraphs 5.14 & 5.22)'