Monkton, Monkton Lane, The Grange Farmhouse

HER Number:
8144

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Monkton, Monkton Lane, The Grange Farmhouse

Place:
Monkton

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Farmhouse

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
House, formerly farmhouse. C17 and later. Rendered; roof of pantiles steeply pitched has low coped gable parapet. 2 storeys, the second low; 4 bays. Modern door in second bay with blank wall over; 2-light on ground floor, 3-light on first, horizontal sliding sash windows. Right return to lane is of coursed squared sandstone rubble. Source: K J N Fairless Trans- actions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland new series volume 5 (1980) 81-89. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3210

Northing:
6374

Grid Reference:
NZ32106374

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 2/94; K J N Fairless Trans-actions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland new series volume 5 (1980) 81-89; North of England Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, March 2006, Monkton Conservation Area Character Appraisal; N. Pevsner and E. Williamson, 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham (second edition)