Rake House Farm, Rake Lane
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Description
According to CW Steel's book on Monkseaton there was a Rake House Farm present in 1660. The present buildings are C19 in date. The earliest documentary reference in in 1841 when it appears in the census records for Monkseaton Township. In 1849 the farm was leased to Joseph and William Fenwick. At this time the farm contained just over 120 acres. During the mid-late 19th century the farm grew in size. The mid 19th century gingang was demolished in the mid 1970s. A buildings recording of the farmhouse, cart shed, granary, threshing shed, east and west wing, central extension and yard was undertaken in 2008 by Entec ahead of the farms conversion to offices..... -
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Link: https://sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk/SMR/9406
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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