Brierdene Farm, barn, gin-gang and shelter shed

Brierdene Farm, barn, gin-gang and shelter shed

HER Number
5659
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Brierdene Farm, barn, gin-gang and shelter shed
Place
Brierdene
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Barn, gin-gang and shelter shed. Late eighteenth century/early nineteenth century. Coursed sandstone; barn roof concrete tiles; gin-gang and shelter shed pantiled with stone copings. Long barn of two builds: Dutch doors in splayed openings and slit vents in stone surrounds. Octagonal gin-gang; back piers canted stone, front piers brick; pointed roof with lead ball finial. Shelter shed has arcade on square piers, small windows above. Feeding racks on rear wall. External stone staircase in east end. LISTED GRADE 2.
Easting
433440
Northing
574020
Grid Reference
NZ433440574020
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 4/175