Peareth Hall Road, farm building and yard wall

Peareth Hall Road, farm building and yard wall

HER Number
7051
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Peareth Hall Road, farm building and yard wall
Place
Donwell
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Agricultural Building
Site Type: Specific
Animal Shed
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Animal shelters and loft. Late C18. Ashlar, low pitched roof renewed in corrugated asbestos. L-shaped. C.16m x 6.5m externally. Tooled and margined sandstone ashlar. One storey and basement at west. 2 storeys to east. In basement two arched openings to animal shelters. Shelters have internal brick barrel vaults. Door to north and two sunken window panels on first floor east. Yard enclosure wall straight at west and curved at east. Feeding troughs incorporated into coping. The iron and timber shelter extension is not of interest. Recorded by The Archaeological Practice Ltd. in 2013 ahead of its proposed conversion. The original structure of the barn has been badly treated during various 20th century alterations, having lost its rood and having its south elevation mutilated and partly concealed by a southern outbuilding. Despite this only a relatively small proportion of the original fabric has been lost. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
429440
Northing
558660
Grid Reference
NZ429440558660
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 1/81; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2013, Peareth Hall Barn, Springwell, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment