Teesville

Teesville is part of the Redcar constituency in the House of Commons.

Redcar and Cleveland Town Hall during demolition in 2012

The town hall of Teesville was used by the Eston Urban District council from 1961-1968. When the County Borough of Teesside was abolished in 1974, the Borough of Langbaurgh used the town hall for the borough. The borough changed its name in 1988 to Langbaurgh-on-Tees and to Redcar and Cleveland in 1996.

The building departed from the neo-gothic of town halls in the area, having a modern 1960's design. The town hall closure also provides an environmental boost, as it was the authority's worst-performing building for carbon dioxide emissions.[5]

It was demolished in 2012, civic facilities were relocated nearby. The political meetings took place at Inspire 2 Learn, formerly Eston's City Learning Centre, also in Teesville on Normanby Road.[6]

The leader and deputy leader's office, together with offices for political groups, were temporarily moved there until new facilities become available within the £31 million Redcar Leisure & Community Heart scheme. In addition, the mayor's office was temporarily relocated to Redcar's Kirkleatham Museum, before also switching to Redcar centre in 2013.[7]

Hillsview Academy is a secondary school on the same site as the civic centre. The school was formed from a merger of two secondary schools on the same site - Gillbrook Academy (which opened in 1955 as Eston Grammar School, but moved into a new building in 2008 which is where the school is now) and Eston Park Academy.

Teesville Infant School is a thriving little school, unusual in the area for being a separate Infant School, catering for children aged 4–7, rather than the usual Primary School for 4- to 11-year-olds. In 2007 it was declared an outstanding school by Ofsted.[8] Consultations were initiated in 2011 on a proposal by Redcar and Cleveland Council to expand Teesville Infant School to include Ravensworth Junior School, turning it into a school for the full primary age range.[9] Under the plan £2.1m will be spent providing additional accommodation on the Ravensworth site for a 300-place primary school.[10]

The Catholic parish of St Andrew[11] was formed in 1962. The parish church, built by architect Frank Swainston, and church hall stand together on Fabian Road.

St George's Church is nearby and was also built in the 1960s. It shows a triangular design with a long sloping roof almost to the ground on one side. It forms half of the team parish of two Anglican churches – the other being the much more traditionally designed Christ Church, in Eston.

A small brick building next to the Eston Sports Academy has a history unknown to most locals. It was originally the North Riding of Yorkshire's Grangetown Area Control, a communications centre during the Cold War and opened in 1954. The control was closed in 1968 after the Civil Defence Corps was disbanded.

In the 1980s the building was not re-used; a room in the Redcar and Cleveland (then Langbaurgh) Town Hall was used instead.[12]

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  The Eston Hotel is the only pub in Teesville.
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  Eston Park School, in 2010, was under threat of closure.
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  The now demolished Teesville Infant School is unusual in Redcar and Cleveland by being a separate infant school, as opposed to a full primary school.
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  St George's Church, Teesville, works with its team parish of Christ Church, Eston.
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  St Andrew's Church on Fabian Road, Teesville, is a Catholic church.
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  Gilbrook College, in 2010, occupied a 'Building Schools for the Future' building.
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  Gilbrook College, in 2010, seen from the side.
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  The now demolished James Finegan Municipal Hall, Teesville, - once home of the Mighty Wurlitzer pipe-organ.