North Guards, Village Farm

North Guards, Village Farm

HER Number
12522
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
North Guards, Village Farm
Place
Whitburn
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Still a working farm. Ivy-covered stone farmhouse with its gable to North Guards. Welsh slate hipped roof. Later door and casement windows. Neat hedge and picket fence to the street. There is a cluster of whitewashed farm buildings, some in need of repair. Silos and stores to the north and west are enclosed with a magnesian limestone boundary wall.
Easting
440460
Northing
561920
Grid Reference
NZ440460561920
Sources
North East Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, 2006, Whitburn Conservation Area Character Appraisal, p 5