Farmstead record BNL 056 - Farmstead: Home Farm

Home Farm is a farmstead visible on the first Ed OS map and the Benhall Tithe map. The farmhouse is listed and dates to the 17th century. The farmstead is laid out in a regular U-plan with additional L-plan and detached features. The farmhouse is attached to the agricultural buildings. The farmstead sits alongside a public road in an isolated position. Many of the working buildings have been lost with a large modern working building next to the site. This represents a significant loss (50%).

Recorded as part of the Farmsteads in the Suffolk Countryside Project. This is a purely desk-based study and no site visits were undertaken. These records are not intended to be a definitive assessment of these buildings. Dating reflects their presence at a point in time on historic maps and there is potential for earlier origins to buildings and farmsteads. This project highlights a potential need for a more in depth field study of farmstead to gather more specific age data.