Fencehouses, North Hetton Farm and Stables

HER Number:
5130

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Fencehouses, North Hetton Farm and Stables

Place:
Fencehouses

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Farm

Site Type: Specific:
Farmstead

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Site of former stables and associated buildings located to south-east of Colliery Row. Probably constructed for stabling horses used on colliery wagonways in the area. The buildings are recorded on the 1838 Houghton-le-Spring tithe map and labelled as "North Hetton Stables" on the 1856 Ordnance Survey map. By 1896 the complex of buildings had expanded and are recorded as "North Hetton Farm". The original stable block no longer survives but the later farmhouse is still extant.

Easting:
3284

Northing:
4952

Grid Reference:
NZ32844952

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5130 >> Northern Archaeological Associates, 2001, Sunderland Central Route, Multi Modal Study