Building record 3480/2/2 - Farm buildings at Manor Farm

A range of farm buildings associated with Manor Farm. The earliest elements date to the early 19th century with additions and modifications added in the later 19th and 20th centuries. The farm was subject to demolition and conversion to residential in 2013.

{1} Identified by South Northamptonshire Council as being a building of historic and/or architectural significance.

{2} The earliest phase of construction is probably represented by the two storey barn and single storey building attached to its south, both located on the western side of the complex. The two storey building has large opposed doors which identify it as a threshing barn. Above one of the storage bays is an upper floor which perhaps functioned as a grain loft. There is an upper story door to this loft. The northern gable has a shuttered pitching hole. The presence of this may imply that the barn had a second grain loft. The building to the south contains rows of of infilled niches and projecting horizontal ledges, interpreted as as nesting boxes and perching ledges identifying the building as a dovecote. Scars on the south gable of the threshing barn indicate that the dovecote was probably the same height as the abrn, but was later reduced in height.
Perhaps contemporary with the barn and dovecote is a stone 2-roomed building in the north range of the complex. This is roofed with pantiles. The western room may have been an enclosed stable and the eastern room was a shelter shed. To the north of the threshing barn a stable was added in the mid 19th century, and two further buildings were probably added in the later 19th century. All other buildings are of 20th century date.

<1> SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL, 2012, South Northamptonshire Council Survey of Significant Historic Buildings, (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN108984.

<2> Taylor, G., 2013, Historic Building Recording, Manor Farm, Church End, Piddington, Hackleton, Northamptonshire, July 2013, p. 10-12 (Report). SNN110509.

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Nov 16 2016 2:50PM