Monument record 9629/1/3 - Farm buildings, Tunnel Hill Farm

Ranges of 19th and 20th century farm buildings associated with Tunnel Hill farm. The buildings were demolished when the area was redeveloped.

{1} Building recording survey of farm buildings prior to redevelopment and demolition. The original front of the cottage overlooks the farmyard, which was accessed from the lane in front of the cottages, through a large gate in an ironstone wall. There is also a small, single gate access to the right of the main gateway, which has been blocked up using similar ironstone blocks. The present has a concrete surface; the original is unknown.
To the east and west sides of the yard are single storey, C19th brick, open fronted cattle sheds, infilled during the C20th with Fletton bricks and wooden horizontal split doors. They have been roofed over with sheets of corrugated asbestos. Inside, the sheds have had modern interior walls inserted to divide them into separate stalls.
There is a rectangular barn of coursed, dressed ironstone with a slate roof. In the south wall is a single, vertical vent only. This wall forms part of the farmyard boundary. Through the farm gate is the east gable end with a single door beneath a wooden lintel. The west gable end has a blocked 1st floor level pitch hole to the hayloft, with a wooden lintel still in situ. The roof appears to be of simple construction with a tie beam and no collar. The floor was made of uneven and worn bricks.
There is another large barn situated to the east of the farmyard, joining onto the cattle sheds. It appears to be of C20th date, constructed of concret blocks, with half asbestos cladding and roof. There are large, double sliding doors in both gable ends, ventilated by louvres over the doors. May have been used for stock.
Another barn is located to the north of the stone barn. It appears to be of C20th date, constructed of Fletton bricks and has an asbestos clad roof. Where the building adjoins the stone barn a brick wall has been erected which is the back of the new building. The interior is divided into small pens with troughs and has stable doors with just one access into a short passageway to the putside. There are small windows set high in the wall. The building is probably a pigsty.
Situated to the north west of the farm complex is another barn, similar in construction and materials to the other two modern barns. Large galvanised steel doors in bloth gable ends provide access to the interior. The building was probably used for cattle, as there is evidence of stalls in the concrete floor.
There is also a range of C20th concrete framed sheds. They are clad with corrugated iron and aspestos, which has also been used for the roof. Some of the sheds have been repaired with timber panelling. They would appear to have been built with the purpose of storing farm vehicles and machinery.

<1> Fisher I.; Foard A., 2003, Desk-Based Assessment and Geophysical Survey Tunnel Hill Farm, Rothersthorpe Road, Hardingstone, Northampton, (checked) (Report). SNN104924.

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Jun 12 2026 12:43PM