Doxford House is an 18th-century mansion in the Silksworth area of Sunderland , Tyne and Wear , England . It is a Grade II* listed building .[ 1]
Formerly known as Silksworth House, it was constructed in 1775–1780 by William Johnson who on his death in 1792 bequeathed the property to his friend Hendry Hopper. In 1831 Priscilla Hopper, then heiress to the estate, married William Beckwith of Thurcroft. He was High Sheriff of Durham in 1857.[ 2] The Beckwiths moved to Shropshire in about 1890 and the house was let out.
In 1902, Charles David Doxford of William Doxford & Sons , brother of Theodore Doxford , took out a 99-year lease on the 24-acre (97,000 m2 ) estate. On his death in 1935, his daughter, Aline, bought out the lease. On her death in 1968, she bequeathed the house and estate to Sunderland Corporation who gave the house its present name and turned the gardens into Doxford Park .[ 3]
In 1989, the house became a students’ hall of residence for Sunderland University and from about 2000 to 2006 was occupied by the Lazarus Foundation , a drug rehabilitation charity.[ 4] It was later converted into a private home.[ 5] [ 6]
Grade II
Sunderland
City Centre
Sunderland Museum
St Mary's Church
Mowbray Almshouses
Sunderland County Court
Corder House and Sydenham House
Elephant Tea Rooms
Green's Public House
The Isis
Sunderland Gas Board
Galen Building
Fitzgerald's Public House
Wearmouth Bridge
River Wear Commission Building
St Mary's Building
Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge
Sunderland Magistrates' Court
Hawksley House
Victoria Hall Disaster Memorial
Sunderland War Memorial
Burdon Road Masonic Temple
4–25 Foyle Street
28–40 and 43–48 West Sunnside
Medieval Arch & Wall
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Former General Post Office
Former Custom House
Maritime Buildings
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West Park Church
17–29, 32–42 & 45–58 Frederick Street
Mowbray Park (certain buildings)
Midland Bank
National Westminster Bank
Barclays Bank
Lloyds Bank
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2 & 3 Mary Street
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19 & 31–33 Norfolk Street
3 & 22 Athenaeum Street
Hutchinson's Buildings
The Londonderry
The Dun Cow
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Monkwearmouth and Southwick Ryhope and Burdon Ashbrooke and Thornholme
Bede Tower
Sunderland Synagogue
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West Hendon House
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Langham Tower
Ashburne House
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Quayside Exchange
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St Ignatius Church
Tavistock House
Sunderland Orphanage
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Salisbury Street Steps
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Former Methodist Manse
Bethesda Free Church
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Sunderland Harbour South Pier
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Silksworth Hall
Tunstall Lodge
Silksworth Cottage
Tunstall School
Tunstall Hope Lodge
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Blue House Villa
'F' Pit
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Low Barmston Farmhouse
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Usworth Hall
Fatfield House
Our Blessed Lady Immaculate Church, Washington
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Houghton-le-Spring
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Lilburn House
Gilpin House
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The Rectory
St Michael's Church
The Old Mill
Laburnum House
Houghton Mines Rescue Station
High Farm House
St Cuthbert's Church
Stoneygate Pumping Station
Philadelphia Power Station
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Front Street, Newbottle
Philadelphia Lane
Hetton-le-Hole
St Nicholas' Church, Hetton-le-Hole
St Nicholas House
Easington Lane War Memorial
Pithead Baths
Smithy
Primitive Methodist Church
Newbottle
Russell House
Newbottle Working Men's Club
St Matthew's Church, Newbottle
Cellar Hill House
Penshaw
All Saints' Church
Penshaw House
Alice Well
Accommodation Arch
Boundary Stone