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at Thrift Farm Farm, Moulsham Thrift, Chelmsford,Historic building recording at Thrift Farm, Moulsham Thrift, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8BP: October 2022 Essex, CM2 8BP |
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Colchester Archaeological Trust online report series
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The aim of the building recording was to provide a detailed record and assessment of the historic building and a suitable lower-level recording on any later extensions or lean-tos. The building recording was carried out to Level 3 (Historic England 2016) which is defined as: “Level 3 is an analytical record and will comprise an introductory description followed by a systematic account of the building’s origins, development and use. The record will include an account of the evidence on which the analysis has been based, allowing the validity of the record to be re-examined in detail. It will also include all drawn and photographic records that may be required to illustrate the building’s appearance and structure and to support an historical analysis. The information contained in the record will for the most part have been obtained through an examination of the building itself. The documentary sources used are likely to be those which are most readily accessible, such as historic Ordnance Survey maps, trade directories and other published sources. The record may contain some discussion the building’s broader stylistic or historical context and importance. It may form part of a wider survey of a number of buildings which will aim at an overall synthesis, such as a thematic or regional publication, when the use of additional source material may be necessary as well as a broader historical and architectural discussion of the buildings as a group.” In particular the record considered: • Plan and form of the site. • Materials and method of construction. • Date(s) of the structure(s). • Original function and layout. • Original and later fixtures and fittings. • The significance of the site in its immediate local context. A programme of historic building recording was carried out by Colchester Archaeological Trust at Thrift Farm, Moulsham Thrift, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8BP in October 2022. The HER records Thrift Farm as being designed and constructed in 1865 by locally renowned architect, Frederic Chancellor. This is, however, incorrect. While it was constructed sometime between 1865 and 1867, Thrift Farm is not included on plans produced by Chancellor. The oldest buildings on the site appears to be the large barn and a cart-lodge, both mid-19th century in date. The construction of a large barn is unusual for the time period – mechanisation of the threshing process in the Victorian period meant farm buildings were changing and barns were less likely to be constructed. The expansion of the rest of complex of buildings can be tracked using cartographic evidence. |
| Author: |
Sarah Veasey
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Colchester Archaeological Trust
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Essex HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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2023
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Chelmsford, unparished area |
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Essex |
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Chelmsford |
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England |
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Grid Reference: 570048, 204567 (Easting, Northing)
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colchest3-508937 |
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18 Dec 2023 |
