Title: |
'Barn' at Lande Farmhouse, Wilby, Suffolk WBY 020 |
Series: |
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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ADS Terms of Use and Access
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DOI |
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Lane Farm lies in arable countryside, adjoining the western edge of the medieval Wilby Green. The 1838 tithe survey records that the farm was a tenanted holding of c.44 acres, including the two-acre green. The farmhouse is grade II-listed, timber framed and thatched, and of 15th century date. It has a queen-post truss in its sooted open hall. The timber-framed, weatherboarded 'barn' to the rear of the house was last used as animal accommodation, with a hay loft on its upper storey. It contains two mangers and a hay rack of the mid-1800s, but was built in the 1400s as a house. The two eastern bays were altered but formed an open hall with a cross-passage and a parlour door in its western gable. The original timbers are heavily sooted. The two western bays are late 16th century, with a ceiling of finely chamfered joists and evidence of four diamond-mullion windows. This replaced the smaller medieval parlour, reflecting similar alterations to the farmhouse. The hall's ceiling is an early 17th century insertion, supported by a chimney in the medieval cross-passage. The building may have been a bakehouse before conversion into animal accommodation by removing the chimney in the mid-1800s. Medieval records often refer to domestic houses on the same tenement, but surviving examples are exceptionally rare. Given its date and importance the 'barn' is worthy of its own grade II listing. This is an unusually complete farm complex which merits further recording, including the 17th century barn to the north. |
Author: |
L Alston
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Publisher: |
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2010
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Locations: |
Site: |
WBY 020 Barn at Lane Farmhouse, Wilby |
Parish: |
WILBY |
District: |
Mid Suffolk |
County: |
Suffolk |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Lane Farm |
Grid Reference: 625460, 272200 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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NONE
(Find)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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BARN
(Monument Type England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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Cowshed
(Monus)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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HOUSE
(Monument Type England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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SHELTER SHED
(Monument Type England)
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17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Early 17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Late 16th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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COW HOUSE
(Monument Type England)
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1838 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
15th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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BUILDING SURVEY
(Event)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
suffolkc1-77126 |
OBIB: |
SCCAS Report |
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Note: |
A4, comb bound, white cover with colour photo (also available as PDF)
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Created Date: |
24 Nov 2016 |