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Archaeological Standing Building Recording (Level 2) Pigeon House Farm, The Green, Uckington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 9SR |
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Border Archaeology unpublished report series
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Recording will reflect Historic England/RCHME guidance and will be undertaken in accordance with standards set by the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA), namely, Standard and guidance for the archaeological investigation and recording of standing buildings or structures (CIfA 2020a) and Standard and guidance for the creation, compilation, transfer and deposition of archaeological archives (CIfA 2020b). BA also adheres to the CIfA Code of conduct (CIfA 2021) and to project management advice set out in Management of Research Projects in the Historic Environment: The MoRPHE Project Managers’ Guide (Lee 2015). The specific recording methodology is based on a Historic England/RCHME Level 2 record as detailed in Understanding Historic Buildings – A guide to good recording practice (Lane 2016), which sets out guidance on the recording of historic buildings for the purposes of historical understanding and is a revised and expanded version of Recording Historic Buildings: A Descriptive Specification (RCHME 1996). The programme of Level 2 Archaeological Standing Building Recording undertaken by Border Archaeology with regards to the traditional farm outbuilding at Pigeon House Farm, Uckington, Gloucestershire, has reached the following conclusions briefly detailed below:
The building in question consists of a single-storey rectangular timber-framed structure aligned roughly NW-SE, situated about 75-80m NE of Pigeon House Farm, an unlisted farmhouse of early 19th century date (with possible earlier 17th century origins) and an adjoining L-plan range of 19th century brick outbuildings (now converted to residential use).
The timber-framed outbuilding appears to have been built at some time between c.1839 and 1884; it is not shown on the Elmstone Hardwicke tithe map of 1839 but it does appear on the OS 1st edition map of 1884. The extant evidence of the structure itself appear to be consistent with a mid-19th century date for its construction. Its width and height and the fact that it originally had doors at the SE (front) end of the building suggests that it was probably built as a cart shed (rather than an open-ended shelter for livestock) and was also probably used for the storage of farm implements.
The outbuilding is a single-celled structure, five bays long, of timber-framed construction with a hipped, open-truss roof with three sets of butt purlins linking the principal rafters. It is likely that the building was originally clad in weatherboarding and had a thatched roof; however, the cladding and roof covering appears to have been entirely removed at some point in the mid-late 20th century and replaced by the existing corrugated metal sheeting.
The interior of the shed consists of five bays, the subdivisions marked by timber wall posts with metal straps linking the posts to the horizontal wallplates. The wall posts exhibited considerable evidence of reuse and replacement, in fact most appear to be reused railway sleepers which replaced the original timber posts which were removed due to their decaying condition. No evidence was noted to indicate that the framing of the shed previously rested upon a timber sill plate or stone foundation; the existing wall posts appear to have been set directly into the ground.
Little evidence for original fixtures or fittings relating to the original usage of the shed was noted; it has been divorced from its original setting in relation to the historic farm buildings at Pigeon House Farm by the construction of a large modern steel-framed barn to the SW. |
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S Priestley
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| Publisher: |
Border Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
2022
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Gloucestershire |
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Tewkesbury |
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England |
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Uckington |
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Grid Reference: 391685, 225073 (Easting, Northing)
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19 Jul 2023 |
