Building record HTC 077 - Farm buildings at Whitehouse Farm
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 0070 5319 (140m by 144m) |
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Map sheet | TM05SW |
Civil Parish | HITCHAM, BABERGH, SUFFOLK |
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Type and Period (5)
Full Description
Timber-framed farmhouse built c.1600. The front of the house was encased in brick in the 19th C and the roof was tiled.
In the grounds of this farmhouse is an early 17th C timber-framed and weatherboarded barn, which would have once had a thatched roof. Originally this structure was a stable, converted and extended c.1800 into a 4 bay barn. A porch was added in the 19th C and the south gable opened in the 20th C and used as a machinery shed.
Another timber-framed and weatherboarded barn at this site was converted c.1800 from c.1600 stables. The barn has 6 bays but would have originally extended furhter than this. At one end of this tiled building a granary with a store below were inserted during this conversion.
Also present is a 19th C timber-framed and weatherboarded barn with four bays and a porch. This formerly thatched barn re-uses many medieval timbers which appear to have come from a 14th C barn which once stood at this site (S1).
Sources/Archives (1)
- <S1> SSF54036 Unpublished document: Aitkens, P and Wade-Martins, S.. 1998. The Farmsteads of Suffolk. A Thematic Study.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Nov 2 2011 11:51AM