6 of Sunderland's quirkiest buildings

The house on stilts, the church which moved itself down the street and the hall haunted by highwaymen

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00:00Every house tells a story, but these Sunderland buildings had a tale to tell like no other.

00:08Question is, how many do you remember? This house in the shadow of Wearmouth Bridge had

00:14twelve rooms and they were all built on stilts and it had three front doors. The cottage

00:22on Glass Hill was a little house on a hill which was made out of ballast dumped by ships.

00:29Our MP John Candlish once lived there. Dick Turpin, the legendary highwayman, was one

00:37of the people said to haunt Ryob Hall. A stately entrance to Monk Wearmouth's railway station

00:45was a copy of an Ionic Greek temple. Heard the one about the Sunderland church which

00:51moved by itself? It happened at Hurrington Street Methodist Mission and it made echo

00:57headlines in April 1952 because it shifted eight inches. And this 160 year old building

01:07on the north foreshore had been a sea cadet base, lifeboat station, lookout post and a

01:14foy boat headquarters. Tell us about the history you want to see in the Sunderland Echo. Email

01:21chris.cordner at nationalworld.com