57 Front Street, Boldon Lodge

This house was listed Grade II in 1949 with the following description:
'House, now two separate dwellings; set back left entrance bay raised to two storeys in C19. Brick, with Welsh slate roof. Main house : 2 storeys, 4 sash windows with glazing bars, second from left being a round-headed staircase window; curved one-storey porch in third bay from left has 2 curved windows and an open- pedimented Tuscan doorcase to the 8-panelled door with round fanlight; roof has gable stone coping, 2 end brick chimneys. Second house : 2 storeys, one bay with door and doorcase similar to those of the main house but with flat pilasters and decorated fanlight; roof, lower than that of the main house, has stone gable coping and one end brick chimney. A continuous stone band runs at ground floor level.'
Built about 1780, and owned by Thomas Briggs, local landowner. In the late 19th century Mrs Robert Hutton Potts lived in this house and held the first Sunday Schools for the children of East Boldon.