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Barn at Green Farm, Finningham, Suffolk, FNN 024, Historic Building Record |
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Suffolk Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
Green Farm lies at the corner of Church Green and Wickham Road. The two 'barns' in the south-western corner of the enclosed yard in front of the house are separately listed at grade II. The southernmost of these is an early-17th century timber-framed barn of five bays. It was originally entered from the green on the west but now has a 19th century eastern porch. Its framing is high quality, with mid-rails in its walls and a well preserved roof containing two tiers of butt-purlins and an almost full complement of wind-braces. The roof was formerly thatched, and its external walls were rendered from the outset. The adjoining 18th century timber-framed 'barn' of four bays is much altered. This building originally contained three-bays with an upper storey as well as a single-bay section, and was almost certainly a stable with a hay loft and tack room. Its walls were heavily altered in the 20th century, but its original double butt-purlin roof structure remains. At some point the original ceiling was removed and a new, higher ceiling inserted. A schoolroom was formerly attached to the barn, and the new room may have been intended for this purpose. Two additional outbuildings to the south and east were designed as open-sided animal shelters but incorporate parts of an older boundary wall of shuttered or rammed earth that may be contemporary with the house. This earthen wall is a rare survival which offers important insight into gentry farmsteads in the 17th century. |
Author: |
L Alston
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Publisher: |
Suffolk Archaeology
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2016
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FNN 024 Barn at Green Farm, The Green, Historic Building Record |
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Suffolk |
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Mid Suffolk |
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FINNINGHAM |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 606659, 269281 (Easting, Northing)
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suffolka1-255986 |
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A4, comb bound, white card covers, in colour. Leigh Alston format Historic Building Record.
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01 Feb 2018 |