Rectory Field, possible glasshouse

HER Number

16207

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Rectory Field, possible glasshouse

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Garden Building

Site Type: Specific

Glasshouse

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Small building in the south-east corner of the Rectory Field. Shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey plan 1855 but not on the 1898 OS map. Possibly glasshouses?

Easting

433940

Northing

549740

Grid Reference

NZ433940549740

Sources

Northern Archaeological Associates Ltd. 2014, Rectory Park, Houghton-le-Spring, Archaeological Assessment and Building Recording; First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1855