Building record MNN170754 - Former cow house, College Farm

A mid-19th century cow house. Recorded prior to proposed demolition (still visible on aerial mapping as of Feb 2018)

{1} Originally part of a larger holding purchased by Northamptonshire County council in 1910 and sold in 1999. The cow house building was the only surviving building of the small holding. Its last use was probably as a milking parlour. Probably of 1850-1870, the building is constructed of stock red-brick, with mostly corrugated asbestos cement sheeting covering its double-pitched roof, probably originally of welsh slate, and a corrugated-iron lean-to at its south-western corner. Three ranges. The building includes eight rooms or areas, two of which are open to one side and functioned as small cow shelters. Three rooms appear to be for stabling.

<1> Campion G., 2016, College Farm, Creaton, South Northamptonshire: Level 2 Historic Building Recording, 2016 (Report). SNN111021.

<2> Crank, N. (Editor), 2017, South Midlands Archaeology (47), p. 35 (Journal). SNN111362.

Record last edited

Apr 23 2025 6:41PM