Westburn House (St Anthony's Secondary School)

WESTBURN HOUSE (ST ANTHONY'S SECONDARY SCHOOL), THORNHILL TERRACE

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Explore this list entry

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1207142
Date first listed:
17-Oct-1994
List Entry Name:
Westburn House (St Anthony's Secondary School)
Statutory Address:
WESTBURN HOUSE (ST ANTHONY'S SECONDARY SCHOOL), THORNHILL TERRACE
User submitted image
Contributed by LYNNE STRUTT This photo may not represent the current condition of the site. Over 400,000 images and stories have been added to the Missing Pieces Project so far. Share your story.
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places. 

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

Icon Buildings
Icon Scheduled monuments
Icon Parks and gardens
Icon Battlefields
Icon Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.
Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.
Date:
2002-05-12
Reference:
IOE01/05481/17
Rights:
© Mr D.H. Bottoms. Source: Historic England Archive

Local Heritage Hub

Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.

Discover more

Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1207142
Date first listed:
17-Oct-1994
List Entry Name:
Westburn House (St Anthony's Secondary School)
Statutory Address 1:
WESTBURN HOUSE (ST ANTHONY'S SECONDARY SCHOOL), THORNHILL TERRACE

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
WESTBURN HOUSE (ST ANTHONY'S SECONDARY SCHOOL), THORNHILL TERRACE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Sunderland (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
NZ 39090 56288

Details

SUNDERLAND

NZ3956SW THORNHILL TERRACE 920-1/21/221 (South side (off)) Westburn House (St Anthony's Secondary School)

GV II

House, now school. Mid C19. Horizontally-tooled ashlar with ashlar plinth and dressings; roof graduated Lakeland slate with ashlar chimneys and cast-iron crestings. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and basement, 3x3 windows. Central porch has angle pilasters and cornice; half-glazed door, overlight and sidelights, and two windows in returns, all with glazing bars and panelled aprons. Sashes with glazing bars on both floors have shaped aprons to projecting stone sills; and rusticated voussoirs, the central larger. Basement light at right only. Giant pilasters at corners and framing central bay on left return are linked by floor string and wide eaves cornice with dentils and modillions. Hipped roof has side consoles to 2 front dormers with hipped roofs and slate-hung sides, and one similar dormer on returns; tall corniced ashlar chimneys at right end and at left of ridge have tapered square yellow pots; ornate ridge cresting. INTERIOR shows C18 style dogleg stair of 4 flights with decorated tread ends, grip handrail wreathed at foot, carved turned baulsters, and moulded dado. Fire screens inserted on landings. 6-panelled doors in architraves; strapwork ceiling in left rear ground-floor room.

Listing NGR: NZ3909056288

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
391622
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Ordnance survey map of Westburn House (St Anthony's Secondary School)

Map

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 09-Jun-2026 at 07:10:51.

Download a full scale map (PDF)
© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. Use of this mapping is subject to Terms and Conditions.

End of official list entry

All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.

Previous Overview
Next Comments and Photos