Painshaw Stables (Penshaw Stables)

HER Number

16475

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Painshaw Stables (Penshaw Stables)

Place

Penshaw

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Stable

Site Type: Specific

Stable

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Painshaw Stables shown 1819 plans adjacent to Penshaw House (HER 7043) depicted as a rectangular courtyard building. Earlier colliery stables may be shown on a 1775 plan although the exact function of these buildings is unknown. Labelled as Penshaw by 1920. Shown but not named on 1939 plan.

Easting

432145

Northing

552998

Grid Reference

NZ432145552998

Sources

Archaeological Services Durham University, 2012, Penshaw House - Conservation Statement; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas