Usworth, Strother House

HER Number:
6777

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Usworth, Strother House

Place:
Usworth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

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:
The first reference to Strother House was in an inquisition on Sit Wilfrid Lawson 1632. Details of the landholding are recorded on an estate plan for the owner, Sir Gilfred Lawson, Bart. The plan is undated but c.1810-1815. The plan shows three buildings arranged around the north, east and west sides of a yard. The present farm comprises a linear range. The two-storey house is of a rough-dressed cobbles with stone quoins, corbelling, gable coping and kneelers, and a slate roof. There is a white washed single storey range to the east which may be the origianl house depicted in the early 19th century.

Easting:
3226

Northing:
5998

Grid Reference:
NZ32265998

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<> Ordnance Survey 1st edition map 1856; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2014, Site south of Newcastle Road (A184) and West of A19 - Archaeological Assessment; Bell's plan of Strother House and fields, c.1810 (DRO D/Bo/9/35)