ENN107627 - Hardwick Lodge, 2014 (Building recording)

Site code: HLHN13. This document is an archaeological standing building survey of outbuildings at Hardwick Lodge, Hardwick, Northamptonshire (SP 83689 70139), commissioned from Archaeological Building Recording Services (ABRS) by Dynamic Recruitment Consultants Ltd in advance of the proposed conversion of the outbuildings to residential use. The outbuildings associated with Lodge Farm have undergone significant maintenance and re-building work which has undoubtedly truncated or concealed historic fabric. There are two phases of buildings; the earliest is likely to be late 18th or early 19th century, followed by late 19th century building work. This work is likely to represent the change from a largely arable farm to a mixed or more livestock oriented farm. Both cartographic and placename evidence suggests that Lodge Farm may have originated as the lodge for the adjacent managed Hardwick Wood, a wood likely to have medieval origins. The historical evidence revealed by this historic building recording provides useful background information despite a lack of physical evidence recorded within the buildings. The archive will be retained by ABRS under the temporary site code 2013- HLHN until deposition with Northamptonshire County Council can be arranged. Information from OASIS Online Form.