Monument record 1223/8 - Post medieval farm, latterly known as Home Farm

Farm which may date from the early 17th century

{1} The 1727 map {2} shows the house (75 High Street) much as it is at present. It also shows a barn alongside the house, gable-end onto the road, which survived until the the mid-20th century, and a larger one along the road frontage (west of the house), which had disappeared by 1777. A barn was added towards the back of the plot in the 18th century but by the end of the 19th century, this had been replaced by two new barns nearer the house. Three one-bay rooms were added sequentially, at the rear of the house, in the second half of the 19th century. During WWII the thatched roof was covered in corrugated iron sheeting.

Documentary history of the house dates from the mid 17th century including a 1650 survey which likely details this house and associated farm buildings including: 'three barns containing 12 bays and one stable of two bays with a large fold yard, orchard and garden…'.

A sale catalogue of 1920 lists: 'granary, meal house, good well of water with pump, an open yard, duck and fowl houses, coal and wood barns, etc'

<1> Conlon R., 2005, The Whittlewood Project: Historic Buildings Survey, Potterspury with Furtho (Report). SNN105034.

<2> Collier; Adams, c1727, Map of Potterspury (Map). SNN20527.

Record last edited

Dec 11 2017 11:24AM