SNN111021 - College Farm, Creaton, South Northamptonshire: Level 2 Historic Building Recording, 2016

Cotswold Archaeology was commissioned by Signature Homes LLP in November 2016 to record a single-storey brick cow house at College Farm, prior to its demolition to enable the discharge of a planning condition (Application number: DA/2014/0750). The cow house is not listed, locally-listed, or within a Conservation Area. The cow house at College Farm is a local example of the drive towards High Farming during the mid-Victorian period, where the emphasis was on livestock and agricultural efficiency. Of itself it is not a notable building architecturally, but it does confirm an efficient approach to construction using machine-cut timbers and locally-sourced brick. The building’s continuing value into the 20th-century is confirmed by the range of repairs and small modifications, undertaken such, that its last agriculturally-related purpose was as a modest milking-parlour.