Monument record BNT 022 - Brantham Hall

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Summary

Rectangular moat shown on 1839 Tithe Map of Brantham.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 1197 3389 (72m by 70m) Centred on
Map sheet TM13SW
Civil Parish BRANTHAM, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Rectangular moat shown on 1839 Tithe Map of Brantham. Adjoined the S side of the existing Hall and measured approximately 60m N-S by 65m E-W, near the house, tapering to 55m at the S end (S1).
The moat now appears to have been filled in, though the southern arm still shows as a cropmark (S2). See below.
Hall belonged to the Wingfield family in the C16 & C17.
May 2009: site visit by Edward Martin observed brick foundations visible in sides of open cable trench cut at right angles to front of house from the NE corner - at 8.87m northwards (from house corner) trench cut through a mortared brick foundation about 60cm wide. 3.55m N of this the trench cut through another brick foundation about 37cm wide. Both sets of foundations survived to a height of 30cm from the base of the 66cm deep trench and used unfrogged red bricks about an inch and a quarter thick. These foundation probably relate to a long thin building shown in this general position on the tithe map of 1839, but had disappeared by the 1850s. The foundations suggest a building with an internal width of about 11ft 7in - too narrow to be a barn, but could possibly have been a stable.
The moat to the rear of the house was re-excavated in the 1990s on approximately the lines of the moat shown on the tithe map and indicated by depressions (S3).

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <S1> Map: 1839. Brantham Tithe Map. Tithe map of Brantham, 1839.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: photocopy of Brantham tithe map.
  • <S2> (No record type): SAU, AP AJF 3.
  • <M2> (No record type): AP: AJF 3.
  • <S3> Bibliographic reference: Email. Martin E (SCCAS) to Pendleton C (SCCAS), Report of site visit, 1 May & 6 May 2009.

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Record last edited

Sep 18 2014 1:51PM

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