Silksworth Hall Conservation Area

HER Number

12206

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Silksworth Hall Conservation Area

Place

Silksworth

Map Sheet

NZ35SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Settlement

Site Type: Specific

Town Quarter

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Conservation Area based on Silksworth medieval village (HER 242). Includes Silksworth Hall (HER 7198), Doxford House (HER 7227), Silksworth Cottage (HER 7230), Doxford Park (HER 5229) and the walled garden (HER 5230).

Easting

437490

Northing

552880

Grid Reference

NZ437490552880

Sources

Sunderland City Council, November 2009, Silksworth Hall Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy, consultation draft; Doxford family history http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/williamdoxford1811.html; Maureen M. Meikle and Christine M. Newman, 2007, Sunderland and its Origins: Monks to Mariners; Christine M. Newman, The Medieval Landholders of Silksworth, England's Past for Everyone: County Durham and University of London, www.englandspastforeveryone.org.uk; Sunderland Antiquarians www.sunderland-antiquarians.org