Penshaw North House

HER Number

16872

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Penshaw North House

Place

Penshaw

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

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

Extant Building

Description

Farm shown on the 1848 tithe plan and subsequent plans. Tithe plan 1848 states the landowner as George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham and the tenent as Ambrose Blackett.

Easting

432460

Northing

554700

Grid Reference

NZ432460554700

Sources

The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Penshaw Tithe Plan 1848 (DDR/EA/TTH/1/187)