Monkton Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the South Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1949. A Georgian House. 1 related planning application.

Monkton Farmhouse

WRENN ID
ancient-rubble-tarn
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Tyneside
Constituency
Jarrow and Gateshead East MP: Kate Osborne (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 January 1949
Type
House
Period
Georgian
Address
Monkton Farmhouse, Monkton Lane, NE32 5NN
OS grid reference
NZ 320 636
Coordinates
54.96663, -1.5014
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Monkton Farmhouse is a house, formerly a farmhouse, built in the mid-18th century. It is constructed of ashlar sandstone with a Welsh slate roof and a repaired brick gable. The building has two storeys and features three windows. The central entrance has an 8-panelled door set within a Tuscan stone doorcase. The sash windows are in raised surrounds and have rusticated lintels that mimic voussoirs. The east gable includes two high narrow windows, and there is a rear off-shot that has been raised to two storeys. An end brick chimney is present.

Inside, the staircase has a dogleg design, which includes a local characteristic of diminishing balusters at the turn, with two turned balusters per tread. A historical note mentions a re-used lintel-stone above the door, which bears the inscription 'RFA' '1740' alongside the arms of the Cock family. Richard and Ann Forster were tenants and occupiers of the farmhouse in 1740.

Local climate

Monkton Farmhouse receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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