Building record 3738/0/49 - Range of cow houses and milking parlours , Mercer's Farm

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Summary

An L-shaped range of brick-built structures likely to date from the 1870s-1880s.

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Full Description

{1} A level 2 building was undertaken prior to conversion to residential use. An L-shaped brick-built range of enclosed and open-fronted cow houses and milking houses, present on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map and probably built in the 1870s/early 1880s. Brick-built mangers are present
in three of the buildings, while one cow house largely retains a brick floor. The former milking areas
have formed concrete troughs and impervious concrete floors with cleansing passage, all of which
were undoubtedly a response to the introduction and re-working of regulations for cow houses and
milking houses from 1879 and 1885 onwards.


<1> Wilson, M, 2020, Historic Agricultural Buildings at Mercer's Farm, 9 High Street, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire: Historic Building Record (Report). SNN111966.

<2> Crank, N. (Editor), 2020, South Midlands Archaeology (50), p. 92-4 (Journal). SNN112426.

<3> Souterrain Archaeological Services Ltd, 2023, Images from Historic Building Recording Work at Mercer's Farm, 9 High Street, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, November 2019 to February 2020, https://doi.org/10.5284/1106792 (Digital archive). SNN115692.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1>XY Report: Wilson, M. 2020. Historic Agricultural Buildings at Mercer's Farm, 9 High Street, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire: Historic Building Record. Souterrain Archaeological Services fieldwork rep.. SOU19-677. Souterrain Arch. Services. [Mapped feature: #82677 ]
  • <2> Journal: Crank, N. (Editor). 2020. South Midlands Archaeology (50). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 50. C.B.A.. p. 92-4.
  • <3> Digital archive: Souterrain Archaeological Services Ltd. 2023. Images from Historic Building Recording Work at Mercer's Farm, 9 High Street, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, November 2019 to February 2020. https://doi.org/10.5284/1106792. ads Collection:5396. Souterrain Archaeological Services. https://doi.org/10.5284/1106792.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8526 6389 (25m by 30m)
Civil Parish EARLS BARTON, North Northamptonshire (formerly Wellingborough District)

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

May 11 2025 3:38PM

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