Little Benton Farm
Little Benton Farm
HER Number
1594
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Little Benton Farm
Place
Benton
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
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
Mid 19th century group of single storey buildings on a typical U-shaped plan-form. Projecting from the rear of the central range is a two-storeyed barn, presumably erected as a threshing barn. The structures are of stone with dressed stone lintels and quoins. There are arched arcaded entrances into the central range. The roofs are slate, but the east wing of the arrangement has a pantile roof, possibly reflecting the original roofing material. As well as the farmstead buildings there is a farm house which stands immediately to the south of the western arm of the complex. Nearby, bordering the road to the farm are two burnt-out farm dwellings which appear to have contained both accomodation and "stabling" for either animals or machinery.
Easting
428100
Northing
567640
Grid Reference
NZ428100567640
Sources
<< HER 1594 >> I. Ayris, 1989, Little Benton, Farm Buildings