North Farm
North Farm
HER Number
1671
District
Gateshead
Site Name
North Farm
Place
High Spen
Map Sheet
NZ15NW
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
A farmstead comprising 8 buildings. The present farmhouse began as a 2 storey rubble stone building with decorative ceramic ridge and slate roof. There is a 2 arched cartshed to the north of the present farmhouse, opening on to the yard. Adjoining the south side of the farmhouse is a rubble stone building with a dovecot in the south gable. Now used as a stable, probably once a byre. The Bute Arms Public House was originally the farmhouse. There is a separate range across the lane, including a 2 storey cottage and single storey farm buildings.
Easting
413900
Northing
559610
Grid Reference
NZ413900559610
Sources
<< HER 1671 >> RKJ, IA, RBH, 1986, High Spen, North Farm