Little Usworth Hall

HER Number

8472

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Little Usworth Hall

Place

Little Usworth

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Country House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Post Medieval 1540 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

An old manor house with square-headed Gothic windows, stood near Manor House Farm between New Washington and Usworth Colliery. Demolished c.1910 as unfit for occupation. A drawing from an old print is the only record known.

Easting

430990

Northing

557910

Grid Reference

NZ430990557910

Sources

P. Meadows and E. Waterson, 1993, Lost Houses of County Durham, p 39