Sunderland, Ryhope Road, Ashburne House

HER Number:
7175

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Ryhope Road, Ashburne House

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
House, now part of Sunderland University School of Art and Design. c1835. For Edward Backhouse, banker. East extension possibly for museum in 1869 by GG Hoskins of Darlington. Flemish bond brick with ashlar basement and dressings. 2 storeys and basement. Basement has Ionic colonnade. Full length casement windows flank central door on ground floor. First floor sashes with glazing bars. Public park was formerly the grounds of this house. Used as a VAD Hospital during the First World War. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3985

Northing:
5577

Grid Reference:
NZ39855577

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/16/185; GE Milburn and ST Miller, 1988, Sunderland River, Town and People, pp 61 and 152; T Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914, p 14; G Potts, Backhouse Building in Spotlight, 7; List Entry Number 1209651; www.donmouth.co.uk/local_history/VAD/VAD_hospitals.html (accessed 2014); British Red Cross, 2014, List of Auxiliary Hospitals in the UK during the First World War