SNN109628 - Archaeological Building Recording and Evaluation at Manor Farm Barn, 7 Dychurch Lane, Bozeat, Northamptonshire

Level 2 recording showed that Manor Farm Barn may be of 17th or 18th century date and began life as a single open space, but by the end of the 19th century it had been converted into a stable and farm office downstairs, with a spacious hayloft floor above. During the middle decades of the 20th century the ground floor was also inhabited on a semi-permanent basis. More recently the stable had been used as a workshop. Trial excavation showed that the area south of the barn had been levelled to build a cart shed, probably in the second half of the 19th century. A soak-away, probably for the stable drain, and a vestige of the cart shed foundations were recovered. There was no other archaeology present.