Garesfield farmstead

Garesfield farmstead

HER Number
19126
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Garesfield farmstead
Place
Rowlands Gill
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Garesfield farmstead is shown on the Ordnance Survey First Edition mapping. The main farm comprises a core range of buildings, broadly aligned east to west, with north to south extensions which enclose a central farmyard. The farm was extended and a set of outbuildings were consolidated into an additional extension by the publication of the Ordnance Survey Second Edition mapping. Aerial photographs of the site from 1934 indicate that the farm was extant but it was not depicted on post-War mapping and recent aerial photography from 2000 onward indicates that Garesfield had been abandoned and falling to decay for some time.
Easting
416159
Northing
560220
Grid Reference
NZ416159560220
Sources
Ordnance Survey First Edition map
Ordnance Survey Second Edition map
Historic England Aerial Photographs Collection - https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/aerial-photos/record/EPW043808