Monkton, Monkton Lane, Monkton Farm

HER Number:
8567

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Monkton, Monkton Lane, Monkton Farm

Place:
Monkton

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Farm Building

Site Type: Specific:
Barn

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
At the west end of High Back Close, some of Monkton Farm's historic outbuildings have been converted to residential use. Monkton Farmhouse (HER 8168) is listed grade 2*. To the rear of the farmhouse is a group of vernacular single storey farm outbuildings which wrap around a yard. The roofs are of early clay interlocking pantiles with brick chimneys, a small timber dormer and early rooflights.

Easting:
3212

Northing:
6377

Grid Reference:
NZ32126377

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)