Alston, L. (2010). The Old Dairy, Valley View Cottage, Middleton, Suffolk, MDD 018, Historic Building Record. Ipswich: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1017730. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 The Old Dairy, Valley View Cottage, Middleton, Suffolk, MDD 018, Historic Building Record
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Series:		 Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Valley Farm is a grade II-listed building of the late-16th or 17th century and the unusually well-preserved early-18th century barn to the east is listed at the same grade. The old dairy is a single-storied shed of poor-quality brick rubble with a pantiled roof that incorporates a number of miscellaneous re-used carved stones in the manner of a folly. It is not shown on the 1839 tithe map, but appears for the on the 1904 Ordnance Survey map and was built in circa 1900. The building lies in close proximity to the farmhouse and retains a fragmentary hot-water copper. It was probably designed as a wash-house for domestic or agricultural purposes, but was much altered in the mid-20th century when an internal partition was inserted to divide the copper from an area that is known to have operated as a dairy and retains a stone shelf. There is evidence of a blocked original door and window to the east, but a second door and two additional windows are later insertions. The internal lime render of the southern gable retains a number of incised apotropaic (evil-averting) symbols that are often found on both domestic and agricultural buildings from the late Middle Ages onwards. These take the form of the Marian letter 'M' (i.e. for the Virgin Mary). Designed to protect against 'evil spirits' their appearance in a relatively late context such as this demonstrates the longevity of the superstition in Suffolk. The building is not of special architectural or historic significance.
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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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Site: MDD 018 The Old Dairy Historic Building Record, Valley View Cottage
Parish: MIDDLETON
District: Suffolk Coastal
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Suffolk
Location - Auto Detected: Old Dairy Valley View Cottage Middleton Suffolk
Grid Reference: 642700, 266800 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DAIRY (Monument Type England)
17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
BUILDING SURVEY (Event)
1900 (Auto Detected Temporal)
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OASIS Id: suffolkc1-119807
OBIB: SCCAS Report
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Note:		 A4, comb bound, white cover with colour photograph, in colour, with two appendices (also available as a pdf)
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016