High Barnes

HER Number

8479

District

Sunderland

Site Name

High Barnes

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Country House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Home of the Ettricke family, rebuilt in 1778 and demolished in 1900.

Easting

437430

Northing

555930

Grid Reference

NZ437430555930

Sources

P. Meadows and E. Waterson, 1993, Lost Houses of County Durham, p 45; Nigel Green, 2009, Tough Times & Grisly Crimes, page 12; Archaeo-Environment Ltd. 2008, Proposed relocated council depot at Ettrick Grove to the west of Barnes Park - Archaeological Assessment