Fencehouses, Boundary Houses

HER Number

16573

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Fencehouses, Boundary Houses

Place

Fencehouses

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Boundary Houses shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, c.1855. Whellan (1856) lists the resident of Boundary House as Andrew Dixon, brickmaker.

Easting

431940

Northing

552050

Grid Reference

NZ431940552050

Sources

Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham; First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1855