Penshaw, Penshaw Low House Farm

HER Number:
16869

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Penshaw, Penshaw Low House Farm

Place:
Penshaw

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

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:
Farm shown on the 1775 Tempest plan and subsequent tithe and OS plans. Building now named Penshaw Stables Farm. An east-west range, rendered and whitewashed with a Welsh slate roof. The farmhouse is of two low storeyes with a central porch now flanked by modern conservatories. The roof has a red tile ridge and a big stack at each end, the eastern of ashlar and perhaps early 19th century in date, the western with its upper section rebuilt in brick. To the east is a lower farmbuilding with an L-plan eastern section that may be a recent addition; between the two parts what is probably the original end wall has a gable coping raised to such an extent as to suggest that the original roof material was thatch of some sort.

Easting:
3201

Northing:
5295

Grid Reference:
NZ32015295

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Tempest Estate Map, 1775 (DRO NCB 1/X 227)