Building record 266/0/42 - Rye Hill Farm Barns, Moreton Pinkney

An L-plan group of agricultural buildings aligned approximately north-west to south-east with a covered cattle shelter located at the intersection of the ranges. The buildings comprise a cart shed, threshing barn, stable and cow shed, and shelter.

{1} The recorded buildings are fairly typical of mid-19th century agricultural buildings of the region, built for practicality and continually expanded, repaired and re-modelled up till modern times. The principal building materials are red brick with slate or corrugated iron roofs. The historic core, comprising the barn and cow shed, likely dates to the early 19th century, with the cart shed being added to the north by 1848. The stable was not constructed by this time but had been built in 1884. The buildings are presently derelict and partly un-roofed, with some obvious structural damage and weakness. The buildings were to be converted in 2015 to domestic accomodation.

<1> Bassir A., 2015, Historic Building Recording at Rye Hill Farm Barns, Eydon, Northamptonshire, May 2015, checked (Report). SNN110479.

<2> Horne, B (editor), 2016, South Midlands Archaeology (46), p. 41 (Journal). SNN111326.

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Aug 22 2023 11:50AM