Sedgeletch Farm

HER Number

5128

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sedgeletch Farm

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

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

Building and ancilliary structure to north of Coaly Lane. Date established not known but recorded on the 1838 Newbottle tithe map and marked as "Segg Letch". In 1856 the buildings are marked as "Low Dubmires" and from 1896 as "Sedgeletch Farm". Most of the buildings survive intact but have been altered and modernised.

Easting

432590

Northing

550850

Grid Reference

NZ432590550850

Sources

<< HER 5128 >> Northern Archaeological Associates, 2001, Sunderland Central Route, Multi Modal Study