Submitted by AAG Archaeology
Simpson St School
Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom
Category: Monuments
Built by the Sunderland School Board in 1884 to meet the needs of the rapidly expanding industrial town, the school was built on a narrow piece of land on the steep Wellington Bank. The architectural competition to design the building was won by J.W. Rounthwaite (1851-1927).
