Whitburn, The Green, Whitehouse Farm

HER Number:
12501

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn, The Green, Whitehouse Farm

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Farm

Site Type: Specific:
Farmstead

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Forms part of a gently curving group with Nos. 44-48, unified by small gardens and a low rubble boundary wall with chamfered ashlar coping. A mix of Georgian features (flat fronts, small-paned sash windows, central six panel doors, rectangular fanlights) and more rural vernacular characteristics (roughcast render, pantiled roofs, sturdy chimneys). The rear farmyard and traditional whitewashed farm buildings have considerable rustic charm.

Easting:
4050

Northing:
6171

Grid Reference:
NZ40506171

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North East Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, 2006, Whitburn Conservation Area Character Appraisal, p 5