Dunston, Whickham Hill Farm

HER Number:
16438

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Dunston, Whickham Hill Farm

Place:
Dunston

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Land Use Site

Site Type: Specific:
Farm

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Plans of Whickham Hill Farm (1773 and 1815) show the building as a linear structure. By the 1862 First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan a courtyard shaped additional range of buildings have been added. Buildings now divided into several dwellings.

Easting:
2262

Northing:
6083

Grid Reference:
NZ22626083

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Plan of Whickham Hill Farm, 1773 (TWAS DT.BEL/2/101); Plan of Whickham Hill Farm, 1815 (TWAS DT.BEL/1/18/58); TWM, 2012, Proposed Dunston Hill, Urban Extension, Dunston, Gateshead - Archaeological Assessment