Building record 1901/0/1 - Former farm building, Sedge Hollow

An isolated building formerly used as a field shelter and possible calf house with a datestone of 1840.

{1} Isolated outbuilding of mid 19th century date. An inscribed brick records the date 1840, probably built as a field hovel for stock rearing as part of one of the village farms of West Haddon. The building is is brick-built, under a corrugated asbestos cement roof; the bricks themselves are 2 ¾ x 9 x 4 inch laid in a Flemish Garden wall bond and are handmade. The building is a simple and common design with a few unusual features, including occasional use of flared headers as a design touch. On the south facing gable there is a pitching hole, above which is a brick inscribed “G·J 1840”, possibly for George Jackson. The southernmost bay is slightly unusual in plan form, but is likely to be also for stock rearing, possibly calf pens. There is a lack of historical evidence for the building, but early Ordnance Survey maps indicate there were a number of fold yards to the south and to the east of the building, now lost.

<1> Richards G., 2014, An Archaeological Standing Building Survey of Sedge Hollow, West Haddon, Northamptonshire (Report). SNN111001.

<2> Horne, B (editor), 2015, South Midlands Archaeology (45) (Journal). SNN111358.

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Apr 23 2025 6:30PM