Usworth Hall

HER Number:
6781

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Usworth Hall

Place:
Usworth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Country House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Shown as "Usworth Place" on Ordnance Survey 1st edition of 1856. House, late 18th century for Bernard Shaw. Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roof. U-shaped plan. 2 storeys, 5 windows. South elevation: central double 5-panelled door in open Tuscan porch with fluted frieze; bands, eaves cornice, open pediment over central 3 windows. Plain reveals to sash windows without glazing bars; round window in pediment. Hipped roof has 2 transverse yellow brick chimneys. Interior - staircase altered but dado survives, 2 arched openings made in wall between hall and principal room. Latterly in use as Washington Development Corporation HQ. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3136

Northing:
5881

Grid Reference:
NZ31365881

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 6781 >> Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 2/85; N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson, 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham