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  2. Farringdon, Sunderland - Wikipedia

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    Farringdon is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Originally a Monastic grange and manor estate for hundreds of years, Farringdon was rebuilt as a post-war council housing estate in the 1950s. It is approximately 3 mi (4.8 km) south of the city centre along the A690, close to Thorney Close, Silksworth, East Herrington, Gilley Law ...

  3. Doxford House - Wikipedia

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    Doxford House. / 54.86844; -1.41686. 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.

  4. High Sunderland - Wikipedia

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    High Sunderland. High Sunderland is a Modernist house built in woodland in the grounds of the 19th-century Sunderland Hall, between Selkirk and Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. It was designed in 1957 by Peter Womersley for the textile artist Bernat Klein and his wife Peggy, and completed in 1958. The interior was decorated with exotic woods ...

  5. Ford Estate - Wikipedia

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    Tyne and Wear. 54°54′11″N 1°25′23″W  / . 54.903°N 1.423°W. / 54.903; -1.423. Ford Estate (known as Ford locally) is a suburb in the south of Sunderland. The suburb is divided into two areas: High Ford borders the estate of Pennywell. Low Ford, to the east, borders the suburb of Pallion. [1] Much like the neighbouring estate of ...

  6. Corder House and Sydenham House - Wikipedia

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    Architect (s) Frank Caws. Corder House and Sydenham House are two, adjacent, Grade II listed buildings on Fawcett Street, in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Designed by Frank Caws in the Neo-Moorish style, they were constructed in brick from 1889–1891 by David and John Rankin with terracotta features by J. C. Edwards of Ruabon .

  7. House of Fraser - Wikipedia

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    Fraser then purchased the Scottish Drapery Corporation in 1952, followed by the Sunderland based Binns group of stores in 1953. Fraser sold the property sites to insurance companies, leasing them back for long terms at advantageous rates. This enabled the release of capital for the purchase of new premises and the modernisation of existing stores.

  8. List of places in Sunderland - Wikipedia

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    Roker beach. Ryhope Engines Museum. Seaburn beach. Souter Lighthouse. Sunderland Empire Theatre. Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens. Stadium of Light. Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade Museum. St. Peters Church (World heritage site applicant)

  9. Hendon, Sunderland - Wikipedia

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    Hendon, Sunderland. / 54.9002; -1.36807. Hendon is an eastern area of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, North East England, the location of much heavy industry and Victorian terraces and three high-rise residential tower blocks. The area is commonly referred to as the East End of Sunderland. Hendon is west of Sunderland Docks .