Farmstead record HWS 021 - Farmstead: Place Farm
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 8422 5988 (96m by 95m) |
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Map sheet | TL85NW |
Civil Parish | HAWSTEAD, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (8)
- BARN (17th century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
- BARN (15th century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
- CART SHED (18th century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
- FARMSTEAD (15th century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
- FARMHOUSE (16th century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
- REGULAR COURTYARD MULTI YARD (19th century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- REGULAR COURTYARD E PLAN (19th century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- REGULAR COURTYARD L PLAN (19th century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
Full Description
Place Farm is a farmstead visible on the 1st Ed Os map. The farmstead is laid out in a regular multi yard with two E-plan ranges and an L-plan ranges. The farmhouse is attached to the agricultural range. The farmstead sits alongside a private track in an isolated location. There has been a partial loss of working buildings with modern sheds on site. Some of the historic buildings have been converted for residential use. (S1-4)
Group of farm buildings including the earliest known single-aisled barn in Suffolk, dating to the 15th C. This 3 bay barn with a crownpost roof, is timber-framed and weatherboarded and the original frame remains in good quality, although the barn appears to have been reduced in length during the 18th C. Adjacent to this is a 7 bay 17th C timber-framed and weatherboarded barn on a brick plinth. In addition there is a 4 bay 18th C open cartshed with a granary above. This structure is timber-framed and weatherboarded with a tiled roof and sits of a brick plinth. The oak used to construct this building was re-used from a 16th C structure (S5).
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.
The modern dwelling house at Hawstead Place is a timber-framed and jettied structure of the 16th century that once formed part of an eclosed service courtyard in front of a moated Tudor mansion. The great house, built by successive generations of the Drury family and visited by Queen Elizabeth in 1578, was demolished in the early-19th century, and now little remains to indicate its former glory. Two buildings survives from the Tudor complex, i.e. the modern house and a 15th century barn that retains rare pargeting of the 17th century. Also present on the site is an 18th century barn that contains re-used timber from a 16th century structure, pair of late-17th century gate piers, an 18th century cartlodge, and a brick 'forge' containing re-used stone that may have originated from the mansion (S6).
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SSF60370 Unpublished document: Alston, L.. 2005. Historical Survey: Hawstead Place, Hawstead.
- <S1> SSF59079 Unpublished document: Campbell, G., and McSorley, G. 2019. SCCAS: Farmsteads in the Suffolk Countryside Project.
- <S2> SXS50088 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1880s. Ordnance Survey 25 inch to 1 mile map, 1st edition.
- <S3> SXS50094 Map: Ordnance Survey. c 1904. Ordnance Survey 25 inch to 1 mile map, 2nd edition. 25".
- <S4> SSZ54999 Vertical Aerial Photograph: various. Google Earth / Bing Maps.
- <S5> SSF54036 Unpublished document: Aitkens, P and Wade-Martins, S.. 1998. The Farmsteads of Suffolk. A Thematic Study.
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Record last edited
Sep 13 2022 10:10AM