Monument record 91/2 - Showsley Grounds Farm

{1} A plan of the Easton Neston Estate and village drawn up in 1844 provides the earliest depiction of the site which could be found. Although there are a number of buildings within the area of those surveyed, it appears that these all pre-date the existing structures and none of the depicted buildings survive. The map depicts the farmhouse to the east, although in a very different plan/layout than currently exists.
The 1849 Tithe map of Easton Neston depicts the same buildings and arrangements. The accompanying schedule describes plot 142 as “Farmhouse and buildings” occupied by Widow Cooke. Widow Cooke and her family are still found to be in occupation at the time of the 1851 and 1861 Census.
The First Edition Ordnance Survey Map of 1884 provides the first reliable and detailed record of the site. By this time, the farm has been completely re-modelled. This map shows the buildings which are believed to have been constructed as part of the late 1860s improvements implemented by Sir Thomas Hesketh-Fermor. New buildings have been constructed on a broadly east-west and north-south orientation, although slightly altered, these are the principal buildings which survive today.

<1> Fletcher T., 2013, Showsley Grounds, Easton Neston, Northamptonshire: Historic Building Recording, (checked) (Report). SNN109130.

<2> 1844, Plan of Easton Neston House and Village, (unchecked) (Map). SNN74000.

<3> 1849, Easton Neston (With Hulcote) Tithe Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN17813.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1884, First Edition OS Map (Sheet 56.3), (unchecked) (Map). SNN109236.

<5> 1895, Easton Neston Estate Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN109235.

<6> Horne B. (Editor), 2014, South Midlands Archaeology (44), p. 49 (Journal). SNN109842.

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May 2 2019 12:23PM