Building record 6002/1/2 - Wood hovel and stable

{1} In the 19th century a single-storey barn was built on the site of these original buildings. Both the wood hovel and the stables had been sited conveniently close to the house; the kitchen being the greatest user of fuel, and the proximity to the stables allowing a close watch to be kept on the horses. The stables, probably a two-storey building with hay-loft, were surprisingly small for such a large farm, and would have had a fenced-off area in the yard. Straw from the adjacent Corn Barn (now demolished) would be readily available for bedding or for conversion into fodder in the chaff house at the rear. As the replacement barn contains a blue brick damp course, it was probably built in the later 19th /early 20th century at the same time as the pentice on the back of the house.

<1> Conlon R., 2005, Hunsbury Hill Centre, Northampton: Historical Report, (checked) (Report). SNN105421.

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