Tyne and Wear HER(5667): Washington, Dame Margaret's Hall (Washington House) - Details
5667
Sunderland
Washington, Dame Margaret's Hall (Washington House)
Washington
NZ35NW
Domestic
Dwelling
House
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
Large house, 1854-7 by A.B. Higham of Newcastle for Isaac Lowthian Bell, Washington chemical manufacturer. Additions of 1865-7 by Philip Webb. Red brick; ashlar and terracotta quoins and dressings. Welsh slate roof. Tall brick chimneys. Free Tudor style. Complicated plan with long domestic wings. Two storeys and attics. Interior has some original fittings but has lost the Turkish bath installed by Webb. This was the birthplace of Gertrude Bell, explorer and Middle Eastern expert. In 1891 Bell donated the house for housing "waifs and strays". It subsequently became the residential Washington Hall School, then a nursing home, now apartments [2003]. Shown as Washington House on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map and Dame Margaret's Home on second and third editions. LISTED GRADE 2
3109
5636
NZ31095636
<< HER 5667 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special ... Interest, Feb-75
The Archaeological Practice, 2001, Dame Margaret's Hall, Washington, Archaeological Assessment
The Archaeological Practice, 2002, Dame Margaret's Hall, Washington, Watching Brief Report
N. Pevsner & E. Williamson, 1985, The Buildings of England: County Durham, p 488
Whelan, 1894, p 1170; City of Sunderland, 2009, Washington Village Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy