Addison, miners institute

HER Number:
13275

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Addison, miners institute

Place:
Addison

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:
Institute

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery Institute

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
A T-shaped building with a projecting side porch. There was a steeple on the roof of the shorter wing. There were barge boards on the gable end and a probable dormer in the main roof. The gable apices were finished with turned posts. Inside there was a reading room, communal hall and union lodge room. The building was destroyed by fire in the 1930s.

Easting:
16

Northing:
64

Grid Reference:
NZ1664

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Norman Emery, 1990, Corrugated Iron Public Buildings in County Durham, Durham Archaeological Journal, Vol 6, 1990, page 70; Rippeth, W.G., 1988, Ryton in Old Picture Postcards, p 57