Dean House (later shown as Dean House Farm) is depicted on Greenwood's map of Durham, 1820 as three separate buildings. By the 1861 Ordnance Survey plan is appears to be one large farmstead. The farmer in 1856 is listed as George Hunter.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Dean House (later shown as Dean House Farm) is depicted on Greenwood's map of Durham, 1820 as three separate buildings. By the 1861 Ordnance Survey plan is appears to be one large farmstead. The farmer in 1856 is listed as George Hunter.
Site Name
Dene House
Site Type: Specific
Farm
HER Number
16425
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Greenwood's map of Durham, 1820 TWM D.NCP/1/7; Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham
YEAR1
2014
YEAR2
2014
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
28
District
Sunderland
Easting
435520
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
548610
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Hetton-le-Hole
Description
Downs Stables shown on a plan of Hetton Coal Co. Estates, 1825 as an L shaped building and smaller separate structure. Stable may have been incorporated into a square range of of buildings shown on the 1861 First Edition and subsequent maps. Now demolished but a square outline remains in modern housing.
Site Type: Broad
Stable
SITEDESC
Downs Stables shown on a plan of Hetton Coal Co. Estates, 1825 as an L shaped building and smaller separate structure. Stable may have been incorporated into a square range of buildings shown on the 1861 First Edition and subsequent maps. Now demolished but a square outline remains in modern housing.
Site Name
Low Downs, Downs Stables
Site Type: Specific
Stable
HER Number
16424
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Hetton Coal Co. Estates Plan, 1825 DRO D/Br/P 165; Archaeological Research Services Ltd. 2012, Broom Hill, Hetton-le-Hole, Tyne and Wear - Archaeological Assessment
YEAR1
2014
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
07
DAY2
28
District
Newcastle
Easting
428250
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565640
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Walker
Description
Established in 1828. Old photos show a two storey brick building with tall rectangular windows on the ground floor and small square windows on the first floor. Slate roof with rooflights and two brick chimneys. The entrance has 'John Mills & Sons Established 1828' over the door. Three light window above and a shaped gable above that with a round window surrounded by four keystones within it. The business still operates from No. 509 Shields Road and is called John Mills Valves. It manufactures bronze and nickel aluminium bronze gate, globe, ball and check valves for seawater service to the marine, oil and gas, nuclear, water treatment and chemical industries. The building is still there, now painted blue and white.
Site Type: Broad
Engineering Industry Site
SITEDESC
Established in 1828. Old photos show a two storey brick building with tall rectangular windows on the ground floor and small square windows on the first floor. Slate roof with rooflights and two brick chimneys. The entrance has 'John Mills & Sons Established 1828' over the door. Three light window above and a shaped gable above that with a round window surrounded by four keystones within it. The business still operates from No. 509 Shields Road and is called John Mills Valves. It manufactures bronze and nickel aluminium bronze gate, globe, ball and check valves for seawater service to the marine, oil and gas, nuclear, water treatment and chemical industries. The building is still there, now painted blue and white.