Sunniside, Pennyfine Road, Pennyfine House (Lorraine Cottage)

HER Number

16348

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Sunniside, Pennyfine Road, Pennyfine House (Lorraine Cottage)

Place

Sunniside

Map Sheet

NZ25NW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Semi Detached House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Lorraine Cottage. Renamed Pennyfine House in 1985. Said to have been built between 1680 and 1710 for farmworkers on the Ravensworth Estate. Dated by the shape of the roof beams.

Easting

421630

Northing

558490

Grid Reference

NZ421630558490

Sources

Sunniside Local History Society, no date, Loosing Hill, www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/loosing.html