Building record 3382/2/2 - West Wall at Bunkers Hill Farm

{1} Wall c.1776 for Earl of Strafford and Wentworth. Coursed ironstone and lias rubble. Carriage arch to right (rebuilt). Flanked by crenellated wall with buttresses. Cartsheds and 2-storey bothey attached to rear. Included for group value.

{5} The large crenellate wall on the west side has a clear practical use to shelter the original yard. The range of buildings attached to the wall comprises: to the north a modern open fronted timber framed lean-to with asbestos cement sheeting; further south a building of similar construction but originally built as an enclosed garage with a steeper pitch roof.

{6} 650m E of Grotto Spinney & on N side of valley is farm constructed in 1776 & named in commemoration of the Battle of Bunker's Hill of 1775; General Sir William Howe who led the British lines at the battle was the 2nd Earl's brother in law; carriage arch flanked by crenellated wall with buttresses leads into the farmyard

{7} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 9/49 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G01 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<3> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.110 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<4> Stevenson G.E., 1946, A Short Guide to Boughton, (unchecked) (Guide). SNN48114.

<5> STANLEY R.J., 1994, Bunkers Hill Farm, Moulton: Report on the Condition of the Traditional Farm Buildings, (checked) (Report). SNN1347.

<6> English Heritage, 1994, Register of Parks & Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England (1994, Northamptonshire), (unchecked) (Report). SNN1324.

<7> Photographs of buildings in Boughton (Photographs). SNN111893.

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Mar 11 2020 10:30AM