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Agricultural Buildings at Abbey Farm, South Elmham All Saints, Suffolk, SEN 063, 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Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series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: |
Abbey Farm lies in open countryside on the northern side of St. Margaret's Road, approximately 1.25 km north-west of All Saints Common. It appears to have faced a broad medieval green which extended towards the Rectory and church of All Saints 500 m to the south and it may well occupy an ancient site. The farmhouse is a timber-framed and rendered structure of the 18th century or earlier, and was shown on Hodskinson's county map of 1783, but is not listed and was derelict and inaccessible at the time of inspection. At the time of the tithe survey in 1839 the farm was a very modest tenanted arable holding of only 10.5 acres. The timber-framed threshing barn to the east of the house is an unusually small example of just two bays and 7.5 m in length, reflecting the scale of the farm. It can be dated on stylistic grounds to the second quarter of the 19th century and appears to be shown on the tithe map of 1839, but replaced an earlier barn on the same site as indicated by Hodskinson. The building is well-framed in oak and is of considerable historic interest as it illustrates the nature of early-19th century barns on very small tenanted farms (of which relatively few survive in anything like their original form). |
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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SEN 063 Building Recording Abbey Farm |
Parish: |
ALL SAINTS AND ST NICHOLAS SOUTH ELMHAM |
District: |
East Suffolk |
County: |
Suffolk |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
St Margarets Road |
Grid Reference: 632800, 283300 (Easting, Northing)
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suffolkc1-98963 |
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SCCAS Report |
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A4, comb bound, white cover with colour photograph, two appendices (also available in pdf format)
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Created Date: |
24 Nov 2016 |