High Spen, Ricklees Farm

HER Number:
1932

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
High Spen, Ricklees Farm

Place:
High Spen

Map Sheet:
NZ16SW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Farm

Site Type: Specific:
Farmstead

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19?

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:
1408

Northing:
6098

Grid Reference:
NZ14086098

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1932 >> I. Ayris & B. Harbottle, 1987, Ricklees Farm