Blue House Grange

HER Number

16630

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Blue House Grange

Place

Hendon

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Farm

Site Type: Specific

Farm

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Blue House Grange farm shown on First Edition Ordnance Survey plan, 1856. Gone by 1919. Still extant in 1897 despite the construction of the gas works (HER 1575).

Easting

440820

Northing

555340

Grid Reference

NZ440820555340

Sources

First Edition Ordnance Survey plan, 1856; TWM Archaeology, 2010, Sunderland Paper Mill, Hendon, Tyne and Wear - Archaeological Assessment