Farmstead record WTH 036 - Farmstead: Exhibition Farm

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Summary

Exhibition Farm, Withersfield. 19th century farmstead and farmhouse with converted buildings. Regular courtyard covered yard plan formed by working agricultural buildings. The farmhouse is detached facing side on to the yard. Significant loss (over 50%) of the traditional farm buildings. Located within an isolated position.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 6422 4875 (122m by 114m)
Map sheet TL64NW
Civil Parish WITHERSFIELD, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Planned 19th C farm including a timber-framed and weatherboarded barn with two threshing floors, two open cartsheds and a three bay covered yard (S1).

Exhibition Farm, Withersfield. 19th century farmstead and farmhouse with converted buildings. Regular courtyard covered yard plan formed by working agricultural buildings. The farmhouse is detached facing side on to the yard. Significant loss (over 50%) of the traditional farm buildings. Located within an isolated position.. The farm is not present on the 1840 tithe map (S2-7).

Recorded as part of the Farmsteads in the Suffolk Countryside Project. This is a purely desk-based study and no site visits were undertaken. These records are not intended to be a definitive assessment of these buildings. Dating reflects their presence at a point in time on historic maps and there is potential for earlier origins to buildings and farmsteads. This project highlights a potential need for a more in depth field study of farmstead to gather more specific age data.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Aitkens, P and Wade-Martins, S.. 1998. The Farmsteads of Suffolk. A Thematic Study.
  • <S2> Unpublished document: Campbell, G., and McSorley, G. 2019. SCCAS: Farmsteads in the Suffolk Countryside Project.
  • <S3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1880s. Ordnance Survey 25 inch to 1 mile map, 1st edition.
  • <S4> Map: Ordnance Survey. c 1904. Ordnance Survey 25 inch to 1 mile map, 2nd edition. 25".
  • <S5> Vertical Aerial Photograph: various. Google Earth / Bing Maps.
  • <S6> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1949. Ordnance Survey 6 inch to 1, mile, 3rd edition. 1:10,560.
  • <S7> Map: 1841. Withersfield Tithe Map.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 11:20AM

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