Ricklees Farm

Ricklees Farm

HER Number
1932
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ricklees Farm
Place
High Spen
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
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
Extant Building
Description
A two storey stone farmhouse, with slate roof. Remains of an earlier structure are incorporated in a wider and higher later version, with pigeon holes in the east gable. Adjoining is a single storey stone building with slate roof with ridge ventilators. This was probably a byre of 6 pairs of stalls, later converted into loose boxes. Parallel to this is a two storey building of rubble stone with ashlar quoins and jambs and a two stoey stone house with brick chimneys.
Easting
414080
Northing
560980
Grid Reference
NZ414080560980
Sources
<< HER 1932 >> I. Ayris & B. Harbottle, 1987, Ricklees Farm