Alston, L. (2012). Barn to Rear of 2-6 Little Lane, Wickham Market, Suffolk WKM 034. Ipswich: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1023436. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Barn to Rear of 2-6 Little Lane, Wickham Market, Suffolk WKM 034
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Series:		 Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The barn lies 20m east of a gap in the street frontage at the junction of Little Lane and Broad Street, some 50 m north-west of the medieval market place. In 1843 the building belonged to Hill House; a substantial grade II-listed Georgian town house with four acres of land. Three-bay threshing barns of this scale, extending to 10.4 m by 5.6 m overall, are typically associated with more substantial arable holdings of between 30 and 60 acres, and it may well have been linked previously to a medieval farmstead on the site of Sycamore Cottage (2 Broad Street). The pantiled roof of the timber-framed and weatherboarded structure is a mid-19th century replacement, but in other respects the original fabric of circa 1600 (with edge-halved and bridled scarf joints) is unusually well preserved. The arch-braces of both open trusses survive intact and the studs are secured by a full complement of externally trenched wall-braces. The central threshing bay was entered by full-height doors which swung on 'pin' hinges and the rear door lay beneath a low mid-rail in the standard manner of early barns. The low height of this rail suggests the ground level within the barn may have risen by as much as 0.6m. A vehicle shed with a first-floor granary was inserted into the southern bay during the mid-19th century, and the latter retains a series of large incised apotropaic (evil-averting) circles designed to protect its content from harm. Early urban barns such as this are rare survivals and offer important insight into the nature of the built environment of medieval and Tudor Britain. Given this special point of historic interest and the quality of its original frame the barn meets the strict English Heritage criteria for listing at grade II.
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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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Site: WKM 034 Barn to rear of 2-6 Little Lane, Wickham Market
Parish: WICKHAM MARKET
District: Suffolk Coastal
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Little Lane
Location - Auto Detected: Hill House
Location - Auto Detected: Little Lane Wickham Market Suffolk
Location - Auto Detected: Broad Street
Grid Reference: 630063, 255857 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) N/A (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) THRESHING BARN (Monument Type England)
Georgian (Auto Detected Temporal)
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1843 (Auto Detected Temporal)
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Mid19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
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OASIS Id: suffolkc1-122894
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Note:		 Leigh Alston Historic Building Report
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016