Harraton

HER Number

9723

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Harraton

Place

Harraton

Map Sheet

NZ25SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Settlement

Site Type: Specific

Housing Estate

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Harraton was a mining village to which new rental houses were added in 1970 at Rowan Avenue. The houses were built in beige brick. There was luxury private housing in landscaped grounds at General's Wood, finished by 1975.

Easting

429940

Northing

553970

Grid Reference

NZ429940553970

Sources

N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, The Buildings of England - County Durham, page 492