Dacre House, Monkton Lane,

HER Number

8525

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Dacre House, Monkton Lane,

Place

Monkton

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Detached House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

A simple double-fronted house with stone front, brick rear and a re-laid slate roof with prominent plastic vent tiles. The plastic gutters and uPVC windows with modern openings spoil the historic character, especially the full width porch and bay windows. The rear offshots and outhouses have flat or shallow-pitched roofs and plastic windows.

Easting

432010

Northing

563660

Grid Reference

NZ432010563660

Sources

North of England Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, March 2006, Monkton Conservation Area Character Appraisal; N. Pevsner and E. Williamson, 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham (second edition)