Monkton, Monkton Lane, backland development

HER Number:
8523

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Monkton, Monkton Lane, backland development

Place:
Monkton

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Electricity Production Site

Site Type: Specific:
Electricity Sub Station

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Behind The Bungalow (HER 8500), Ormond Villa (HER 8539) and the Lord Nelson (HER 8536) is an area of 20th century backland development, accessed from the north footpath (HER 8499). This area includes a dwelling house converted from a former sub station and a number of outbuildings, set in secluded gardens behind tall brick walls, fences and evergreen hedges, creating a suitably low density but essentially neutral area of backland.

Easting:
3198

Northing:
6377

Grid Reference:
NZ31986377

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
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)