Robert Raikes' House In 1772, he moved into the house to live with his family. Robert Raikes was a promoter of the Sunday school movement, he held Sunday school sessions in the houses garden and Roberts wife used to serve plum cake to the children. After his death, it was again used as a merchants house and shop. There were minor alterations made to the building throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1952, the building was grade II listed. In 1973, the Dirty Duck restaurant opened on the site later becoming the Golden Cross public house in 1975. In 2006, Samuel Smiths
Kenneth Raikes against the touring New Zealanders in 1927, before playing a final first-class match against the MCC in 1929. In his six first-class appearances for Wales, Raikes scored 135 runs at an average of 16.87, with a high score of 50. With the ball, he took 18 wickets at an average of 27.88, with one bowling innings of significance against Ireland in 1925 when he took 7/28 from sixteen overs. He continued to play minor counties cricket for Monmouthshire until 1934, Monmouthshire's final season in the Minor Counties Championship. Raikes made 116 appearances for the county. Kenneth Raikes Kenneth Cochrane Raikes