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The Barn, Heath Far, Coney Weston, Suffolk, CNW 019, Heritage Asset Assessment |
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Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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suffolkc1-132849_1.pdf (4 MB)
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Heath Farm lies 1km north-west of Coney Weston. 'Greystones' house to the south is not listed, but the substantial threshing barn in the centre of the farm complex is grade II listed. Described by English Heritage as a mid-16th century structure with an 18th century addition, it in fact consists of a late-18th century barn with an early-19th century addition. This extension re-uses many timbers of an imported late-16th century frame. The barn is shown on the 1843 tithe map but the entire farm is not shown on the 1777 enclosure map. Despite its later origin the structure is of considerable historic interest and merits listing at grade II as a largely intact late-18th barn with its original roof and rare evidence on its external gable of the selective manner in which red ochre was used on East Anglian farm buildings before tar. The recycling of an earlier barn to more than double the farm's capacity probably reflects the enlargement of the holding after the heath's enclosure and the resulting fragmentation of ownership in 1776. By 1843 it amounted to 237 acres of which all but 2.25 were arable. Many ostensibly medieval and Tudor barns have been depleted to a similar degree and wholesale reassembly was probably more common than supposed, but it is rare to find absolute proof as available here. The mid-19th century single-storied clay-lump stable which adjoins the south-eastern corner of the barn is also of historic value as an example of an inherently vulnerable vernacular material. |
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: |
2012
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Locations: |
Site: |
CNW 019 The Barn, Heath Farm, Heritage Asset Assessment |
Parish: |
CONEY WESTON |
District: |
West Suffolk |
County: |
Suffolk |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
East Anglian |
Grid Reference: 594200, 278900 (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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Late16th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
1776 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
1777 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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BUILDING SURVEY
(Event)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
suffolkc1-132849 |
OBIB: |
SCCAS 2012 Report |
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Note: |
A4, comb bound, white cover with colour photograph, in colour, with two appendices (also available as a pdf)
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |