Whitburn Bents, South Bents Farm
Whitburn Bents, South Bents Farm
HER Number
12457
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Whitburn Bents, South Bents Farm
Place
Whitburn
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
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
Demolished Building
Description
South Bents Farm was estabished during the 18th century. In the 1960s agricultural uses decreased. The barns and farm buildings were demolished to make way for modern infill developments. Only the farmhouse (HER 4727) which is listed now survives. Single storey brown brick bungalows with concrete pantiled roofs now lie to either side of the farmhouse which have little regard for its traditional rustic character. The original farm boundary walls, in local limestone, do survive.
Easting
440750
Northing
561100
Grid Reference
NZ440750561100
Sources
Sunderland City Council, 2007, Whitburn Bents Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy; T. Corfe, 1973, A History of Sunderland; T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914; G.E. Miller and S.T. Milburn, 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People; P. O'Brien and P. Gibson, 1997, The Archive Photographs Series: Seaburn and Roker; N. Pevsner, 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson); S. Reeder, 1992, Whitburn and Roker in old picture postcards