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Barn at Garden House Farm, Drinkstone, DRK029: Historic Building Record |
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Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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ADS Terms of Use and Access
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Garden House Farm lies in open countryside at the southern edge of Drinkstone parish. Until a very recent diversion the site was bisected by the parish boundary with the house in Drinkstone and the barn in Rattlesden. The farm is shown on two tithe maps of 1838 and 1839, at which time it formed part of Pegg's Farm in Rattlesden and the 'cottage' was let separately from its 47.5 acres of owner-occupied land. The cottage was named separately as 'Gardenhouse Farm' on the Ordnance Survey of 1885. The barn is a flint structure with a distinctive outline that appears on the tithe maps in much the same form as today. It represents an unusually small 'Napoleonic' example reflecting the agricultural boom in Suffolk during the early-19th century. The building consists of a gabled porch and threshing floor with a single storage bay to the south and various attached and detached sheds. The gault brick threshing floor is among the best preserved in the region, although in other respects the fabric has been much altered with a 20th century roof structure. The northern elevation consists of boarded studwork where it adjoins a small, single-storied timber-framed shed that was probably built from re-used timber as a stable in the early-19th century, while two boarded sheds to the east are late-20th century replacements of earlier sheds shown on 19th century maps. Given the extent of these alterations the barn does not meet the strict English Heritage criteria for listing. |
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: |
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DRK 029 Barn at Gardenhouse Farm, Drinkstone |
Parish: |
DRINKSTONE |
District: |
Mid Suffolk |
County: |
Suffolk |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 596700, 259700 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
suffolkc1-87284 |
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Note: |
SCCAS client report, soft bound, A4 ,colour
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Created Date: |
24 Nov 2016 |