Building record 6559/1/9 - Loose boxes, possibly used as calving pens

{1} A small single bay building divided into two unequal loose boxes. As with the rest of the buildings the walls are coursed and roughly squared local stone with red bull nosed brick corbels. The door and window reveals are again red bull nosed bricks. The roof is again modern Welsh Slate and the roof timbers are also modern. Unlike the other buildings, there is a loft. Unusually, there are four window openings, two on each north and south elevation, this unusual layout is perhaps an attempt to improve the ventilation to the boxes, restricted by the loft. The direct access
between this building and the adjacent cow house suggests the loose boxes are calving pens.
The original purpose of the loft is unclear; there is a pitching door into the loft from the adjacent threshing barn and in the southern wall, as well as a louvered vent in the west wall but the loft itself is too small to be a useful granary.

<1> Richards, G., 2013, An Archaeological Standing Building Survey: Heathencote Farm, Heathencote, Northamptonshire, p.6 (checked) (Report). SNN109592.

Record last edited

Jun 20 2014 3:10PM