Houghton-le-Spring, Rectory Field, verger's cottage

HER Number:
16203

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton-le-Spring, Rectory Field, verger's cottage

Place:
Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Clerical Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
Clergy House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Verger's cottage shown on historic mapping from 1855-1970s in the north-east corner of Rectory Field (HER16201). The cottage was extended in the 1950s when it was then owned by the local council before being demolished in the 1980s. The function of the building is unknown but likely to have been a field barn.

Easting:
3390

Northing:
4988

Grid Reference:
NZ33904988

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Northern Archaeological Associates Ltd. 2014, Rectory Park, Houghton-le-Spring, Archaeological Assessment and Building Recording; First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1855; TWAS Proposed extension to the Verger's Cottage, August 1950 (UD/HS/25/87)