Middle Herrington, Herrington Hall

HER Number:
8474

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Middle Herrington, Herrington Hall

Place:
Middle Herrington

Map Sheet:
NZ35SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Country House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C16-C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Herrington Hall stood in Middle Herrington and its cellars were dated 1570. Despite this, the building in its final form probably dated from about 1795 when, after many generations, the Robinsons sold it to William Beckwith. Although retaining its ownership, General Beckwith soon moved to the Silksworth House Estate, inherited by his wife Priscilla. Later it was bought by the Earls of Durham and for most of C19 it was let to a succession of tenants. Used as a VAD Hospital in World War I. In the C20 the Vaux family rented it. The last occupant was Mr Harry Bell, a local builder. In 1947 it was bought by the Miners Welfare Commission for use as a rehabilitation centre, but this never happened. The National Coal Board demolished it in 1957.

Easting:
3578

Northing:
5316

Grid Reference:
NZ35785316

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
P. Meadows and E. Waterson, 1993, Lost Houses of County Durham, p 41; 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