SNN101231 - Historic Building Recording At Appletree Farm, Aston-le-Walls, Near Daventry, Northamptonshire

In August 2001 a survey was undertaken of the farm buildings at Appletree Farm, Aston-le-Walls, near Daventry, Northants, prior to conversion for commercial (office) use. The farmhouse, dovecote and an isolated cart shed were excluded from the survey, as they were not affected by the scheme. The present buildings, grouped around a square yard, represented a typical planned farm of the Victorian High Farming period, and date from the 1870’s. The buildings are of ironstone and brick construction, under slate roofs. Despite modernisation, mainly connected with the mechanisation of modern farming techniques, some original fixtures remain, notably those relating to the provision of power for processing and other machinery. Associated historical research shows that the present farm buildings replaced a complex of farm buildings, probably of 17th century date, which lay immediately to the south, fronting the farmhouse.