Benton, Little Benton Farm

HER Number:
1594

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benton, Little Benton Farm

Place:
Benton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

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:
Mid 19th century group of single storey buildings on a typical U-shaped plan-form. Projecting from the rear of the central range is a two-storeyed barn, presumably erected as a threshing barn. The structures are of stone with dressed stone lintels and quoins. There are arched arcaded entrances into the central range. The roofs are slate, but the east wing of the arrangement has a pantile roof, possibly reflecting the original roofing material. As well as the farmstead buildings there is a farm house which stands immediately to the south of the western arm of the complex. Nearby, bordering the road to the farm are two burnt-out farm dwellings which appear to have contained both accomodation and "stabling" for either animals or machinery.

Easting:
2810

Northing:
6764

Grid Reference:
NZ28106764

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1594 >> I. Ayris, 1989, Little Benton, Farm Buildings