Doxford House

Doxford House
Front of Doxford House, 2008
General information
Town or city	Sunderland
Country	United Kingdom
Coordinates	54°52′06″N 1°25′01″W / 54.86844°N 1.41686°W / 54.86844; -1.41686
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 Henry 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] Plans to turn the house into apartments were proposed in 2008.^[3]

References

1. ^ English Heritage: architectural description of listed building
2. ^ Cash-strapped rehab unit closes (22 February 2006). BBC, accessed 3 July 2008
3. ^ Apartments plan for historic city house (13 May 2008). Sunderland Echo, accessed 3 July 2008

External links

• The Friends of Doxford Park

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