Rake House Farm, Rake Lane

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. The report concluded that most of the elements of the farm predated the 1870s. The central part of the outbuildings appeared to be the earliest in date. The date above the farmhouse door '1824' is earlier than any documentary evidence for the occupation of the farm. The farmhouses is also not shown on plans dated 1841. The stone is most likely re-used. LOCAL LIST