Building record 6559/1/6 - Probable animal shelter

{1} An open fronted (east) stone and brick-built single storey building under a pitched roof of new Welsh Slate. The west wall is brick-built, while the southern gable wall is local coursed stone, both with lime mortar. The building appears to have been largely re-built in the modern period. The interior of the building contains nothing of architectural or historical significance and the floor is earth and the roof structure in new timber.
The unusual angle of the southernmost gable suggests the trackway pre-dates the building. This unusual layout also suggests that the building may be later than the remainder of the buildings, although it is clearly recorded on the first edition OS map. It is likely that the building originally served as an open fronted animal shelter, possibly to a third yard, since lost.

<1> Richards, G., 2013, An Archaeological Standing Building Survey: Heathencote Farm, Heathencote, Northamptonshire, p.5 (checked) (Report). SNN109592.

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Jun 20 2014 3:00PM