East Rainton, South Street, Summer House

HER Number:
15893

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
East Rainton, South Street, Summer House

Place:
East Rainton

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Detached House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Summer House is shown on the Ordnance Survey first edition map of circa 1860. A photograph (undated) shows a rubble stone house, two storeys with slate roof and three chimneys. The upper window on the righthand side of the front elevation is an oriel window. The front door is in a porch with a pitched slate roof. Demolished to make way for Summerhouse Farm estate in the 1970s.

Easting:
3352

Northing:
4800

Grid Reference:
NZ33524800

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
East Rainton Women's Institute, ?1940s, History of East Rainton (typescript)