Shiney Row, Philadelphia Lane, Joicey Aged Miners' Homes

HER Number:
5158

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Shiney Row, Philadelphia Lane, Joicey Aged Miners' Homes

Place:
Shiney Row

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Residential Building

Site Type: Specific:
Almshouse

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
A row of twelve aged miners' cottages built in 1906 for the Durham Aged Miners' Homes Association. Built of yellow brick with bands of red brick and roofs of Welsh slate with decorated red ridge tiles. Each house has one double sash window with stone cill and a central stone mullion. Row of turned wooden posts and brackets on low brick wall supports full-length porch. Chimneys of yellow brick with red brick cornice. Low coped brick walls carrying iron railings enclose garden in front of house. Included for sociological reasons. Whilst not dissimilar to aged miners' homes throughout the region, the added architectural elegance has given this group listed status {1}.

Easting:
3298

Northing:
5261

Grid Reference:
NZ32985261

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5158 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 76; Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 4/63