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Barn at Ufford Hall Farm, Fressingfield, Suffolk, FSF 069, Historic Building Record |
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Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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suffolkc1-110270_1.pdf (3 MB)
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Ufford Hall lies 3 km south-east of Fressingfield village. It occupies the site of a medieval manor and the present house is of the 15/16th century and grade II* listed. The site is of special interest as the childhood and subsequently retirement home of Dr William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury who attended King Charles II on his death bed and crowned James II. The large timber-framed, weatherboarded barn (c.1620) lies north-east of the house and is grade II listed. In the 17th century it would have formed part of a courtyard in front of the house. The nine bay frame includes two stables with hay lofts at both ends of the five bay barn. The southern stable was probably added c.1600 to a medieval barn which was subsequently rebuilt on the same site, re-using timber. The threshing barn has full-height doors to the east, where it now adjoins a late-20th century porch, and contained a small rear door in its western elevationt. Its original thatch has been replaced but in all other respects the structure remains exceptionally intact with a full complement of arch-braces to its tie-beams and a complete arcade of decorative wind-braces to the clasped-purlins of its roof. A series of sharply cranked raking queen-struts links the tie-beams to the principal rafters in a visually striking manner. These various features create a highly impressive interior. The survival of stables and lofts at both ends is of particular historic interest, representing a typical East Anglian combination rarely found elsewhere. |
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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FSF 069 Barn at Ufford Hall Farm, Laxfield Road, Historic Building Record |
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FRESSINGFIELD |
District: |
Mid Suffolk |
County: |
Suffolk |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 627280, 274640 (Easting, Northing)
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suffolkc1-110270 |
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SCCAS Report |
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A4, comb bound, white cover with colour photograph, two appendices (also available as pdf)
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Created Date: |
24 Nov 2016 |