| Title: |
Barn at Mollett's Farm, Farnham, Suffolk FNM 019 Heritage Asset Assessment |
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Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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| Abstract: |
Mollett's Farm is not listed but preserves an early-17th century timber-framed parlour bay with chamfered ceiling joists and a clasped-purlin roof structure and contemporary axial chimney. The rest of the original house is reputed to have been destroyed by fire in the 1800s. At the time of the tithe survey in 1841 the farm was a modest tenanted holding of approximately 20 acres. The barn to the west of the farmhouse is shown on the tithe map and retains at least one bay of early-17th century timber-framing to the north, but has otherwise been extensively rebuilt and largely converted for semi-domestic purposes in recent years. Its thatched roof structure has been entirely replaced with softwood and corrugated sheeting. Much of the building's historic character has accordingly been lost, and analysis of its fabric and development is hampered by this. The single-storied shed adjoining its southern gable is a relatively late addition c.1879 and had also been largely dismantled by the time of inspection. The chief interest of the site lies in the relationship of the early-17th century barn to the surviving parlour bay of the contemporary farmhouse, which indicates the latter faced a southern courtyard flanked by the barn on the west in the typical manner of the period. The barn is also of interest as its northern gable adjoins the Benhall parish boundary and may preserve archaeological evidence of the banks and ditches often associated with features that in many instances can be shown to pre-date the Norman conquest. |
| 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: |
2011
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FNM 019 Barn at Mollett's Farm, Farnham |
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FARNHAM |
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Suffolk Coastal |
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Suffolk |
| Country: |
England |
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Grid Reference: 636600, 260200 (Easting, Northing)
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suffolkc1-99415 |
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SCCAS Report |
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A4, comb bound, white cover with colour photograph (also available as PDF)
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| Created Date: |
24 Nov 2016 |
