Dairy Lane, Clergy House/The Rectory

HER Number

7018

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Dairy Lane, Clergy House/The Rectory

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Clergy House

Site Type: Specific

Vicarage

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

House. Early C19. Sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and quoins, Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys. Sash windows. 2 gable chimneys. Rebuilding of an outbuilding of the C17 rectory. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

434020

Northing

549760

Grid Reference

NZ434020549760

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 7/29; Paul Lanagan, 2013, Houghton-le-Spring Rectory - A Walk Around the Grounds (www.houghtonlespring.org.uk); Northern Archaeological Associates Ltd. 2014, Rectory Park, Houghton-le-Spring, Archaeological Assessment and Building Recording