Sutton-Newby House is a historic

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located near

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. It was built about 1745, and is a -story, four-bay, frame dwelling with a brick end and gable roof. It originally had both ends in brick. It features a full-width, shed roofed front porch and massive double-shouldered chimney. It is a member of the small group of 18th century frame houses with brick ends in northeast North Carolina; the group includes the

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and the Old Brick House. The Sutton–Newby House's brickwork is laid in

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. The house was added to the

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in 1974.

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* Plantation houses in North Carolina Historic American Buildings Survey in North Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Houses completed in 1745 Houses in Perquimans County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Perquimans County, North Carolina 1745 establishments in North Carolina Brick buildings and structures in North Carolina {{PerquimansCountyNC-NRHP-stub