Doxford House
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Front of Doxford House, 2008
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| Town or city | Sunderland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Construction started | 1775 |
Doxford House is a derelict 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. 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.
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.[2] It is now being converted into a private home.[3]
References
- ↑ English Heritage: architectural description of listed building
- ↑ Cash-strapped rehab unit closes (22 February 2006). BBC, accessed 3 July 2008
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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