Site Event/Activity record ESF21288 - Building Recording at Abbey Farm, South Elmham All Saints
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Location
Location | Abbey Farm, St Margaret's Road, South Elmham All Saints |
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Grid reference | Centred TM 3284 8338 (14m by 17m) |
Map sheet | TM38SW |
Civil Parish | ALL SAINTS AND ST NICHOLAS, SOUTH ELMHAM, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Date
Not recorded.
Description
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). The buildings survey was carried out prior to the conversion of these farm buildings to holiday lets.
Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes
Previous/Future Work: Previous Not known, Future No
Associated Identifiers:
HER event no. SEN 063
Project Type: Building Recording
Methods and Techniques: Photographic Survey, Survey/Recording Of Fabric/Structure
Reason for Investigation: Planning agreement (Section 106 or 52)
Monument Type(s)/Period(s): ANIMAL SHED Modern, ANIMAL SHED Post Medieval , THRESHING BARN Post Medieval , ANIMAL SHED Modern
Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None
PROJECT LOCATION
Area 250.00 Square metres
Grid Reference: TM32808330 Point
PROJECT CREATOR(S)
Brief originator: Local Planning Authority (with/without advice from County/District Archaeologist)
Design originator: Edward Martin
Director/Manager: David Gill
Supervisor: David Gill
DIGITAL ARCHIVE
Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Contents: Survey
Media: Images raster / digital photography
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript)
Title: Agricultural Buildings at Abbey Farm, South Elmham All Saints, Suffolk, SEN 063, Heritage Asset Assessment
Author(s)/Editor(s): Alston, L.
Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report
Date: 2011
Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS
Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds
Description: A4, comb bound, white cover with colour photograph, two appendices (also available in pdf format)
Sources/Archives (1)
- <S1> SSF54259 Unpublished document: Alston, L.. 2011. Historic Asset Assesment: Agricultural buildings at Abbey Farm, South Elmham All Saints, Suffolk.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- SEN 063 Farmstead: Abbey Farm (Farmstead)
Record last edited
Nov 28 2019 10:02AM