The original house at Brinkburn, which forms part of the current Hartlepool Sixth Form College, had been the home of the Furness family, a shipbuilding and merchant family.
The site has had considerable changes made to its infrastructure, including the addition of classrooms, laboratories, a gymnasium and assembly hall.
In 1944, the school became the West Hartlepool Grammar School for Boys and in 1973 became the upper school of Brinkburn Comprehensive School.
It later became Hartlepool Sixth Form College.
9. Smile for the camera
Students David Cheng, Nathan Stewart, Jennifer Adams and Jake Boarder pose for a photo in 2011. Photo: Other, third aprty
10. Special guest
Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson meets politics students at Hartlepool Sixth Form College in 2014. Photo: Kevin Brady
11. Memory lane
Students, Andrew Tweed, Andrew Drummond, Andrew Horsburgh, Emma Morris, Julie Bruce, Claire Jeffries, Kay Parkinson and Rebecca Stubbs have their pictured taken in January 1995. Photo: Hartlepool Mail
12. Little Shop of Horrors
Students in a scene from its production of Little Shop of Horrors in 2014. Photo: Frank Reid