High House

HER Number

16540

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

High House

Place

Woolsington

Map Sheet

NZ17SE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Farm

Site Type: Specific

Farm

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Farm labelled as West Farm on Fryer's Map of Northumberland, 1820. It is then labelled as Red House on the c.1825 estate plan of Woolsington. By the time of the 1864 First Edition Ordnance Survey plan it is named High House. It is shown as High House on the 1947 OS plan. Now demolished.

Easting

419430

Northing

571460

Grid Reference

NZ419430571460

Sources

Addyman Archaeology, 2014, Woolsington, Woolsington Park - Archaeological Assessment