West Kenton Farm

West Kenton Farm

HER Number
7059
District
Newcastle
Site Name
West Kenton Farm
Place
Kenton
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Early-mid 19th century farm building complex comprising of a house and three barns. Other farm buildings once occupied the area east and north of the remaining complex but have been demolished. The remaining buildings were recorded by The Archaeological Practice in 2006 ahead of conversion into a residential development. With the exception of the house, which survives as a good example of a typical early Victorian type, the surviving buildings were noted as being of little architectural merit. A datestone of 1831 re-set in the north facing boundary wall of the complex is not thought to date the extant house (c.1840).
Easting
421380
Northing
567510
Grid Reference
NZ421380567510
Sources
Ordnance Survey first edition map 1850; The Archaeological Practice Ltd. 2006, Kenton West Farm, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Assessment and Historic Building Recording