Red House Farmhouse

This building was listed Grade II in 1984 with the following description:
'Farmhouse. C18, possibly with earlier sections and with later alterations and additions. Red-brown brick with rubble sandstone rear. Welsh slate roof with stone coping and ridge chimneys. 2-storey, 3-bay range with 2-storey 2-bay cross wing of 2 builds, the rear part being apparently substantially C19. Top-hung windows of c.1980 in original openings to first floor and ground floor on gable end of cross wing, with stone wedge lintels and stone sills. French windows to ground floor. Entrance in pent porch in angle between the main range and cross wing. Stepped bands to floor levels on gable end of cross wing. Tumbled-in brickwork to gable ends.'
Interior - a kitchen range made by Moffatts of Gateshead. Moffatts were furnishing ironmongers and ironware wholesalers, first mentioned in trade directories in 1879 at their premises at 2 Bottle Bank. LISTED GRADE 2