Farmstead record FSF 091 - Farmstead: Woodside Farm (Wilkinson Farm)
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 2853 7713 (86m by 49m) |
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Map sheet | TM27NE |
Civil Parish | FRESSINGFIELD, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK |
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Type and Period (6)
- FARMHOUSE (16th century to 17th century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)
- BARN (16th century to 17th century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)
- THRESHING BARN (16th century to 17th century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)
- CART SHED (19th century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- FARMSTEAD (16th century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
- LOOSE COURTYARD PLAN (TWO SIDED) (19th century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
Full Description
Woodside Farm (Wilkinson Farm), Fressingfield. 16th century farmstead and farmhouse. Loose courtyard two-sided plan formed by working agricultural buildings. The farmhouse is set away from the yard. Partial loss (less than 50%) of the traditional farm buildings. Located within a hamlet (S1-6).
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.
Woodside Farm under various names, has clear documented references back to the 16th Century and exhibits many of the agricultural practices and characteristics of agricultural development through to the mid 20th Century. Woodside Farm displays a typical East Anglian farmstead and has an array of buildings which displays the changing nature of farming over approximately 400+ years.
The main farmhouse is a grade II late 16th/early 17th century building. This formed the western end of the loosely linked farmstead. Behind this on the north lies a 1½ storey clay lump building built between 1820-1870 with an integral first floor and single storey outshut on the west side. The building has the characteristics of former stables with hayloft over. To the due east of the farmhouse lies the range of buildings forming the traditional farmyard pattern. This includes 20th century cattle stalls, a 19th century cart shed, and a late 16th/early 17th century threshing barn (S7).
Sources/Archives (7)
- <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> SXS50102 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1949. Ordnance Survey 6 inch to 1, mile, 3rd edition. 1:10,560.
- <S6> SSF59553 Map: 1841. Fressingfield Tithe Map.
- <S7> SSF61662 Unpublished document: Belton, B.. 20021. Historical Appraisal: Woodside Barn, Little Whittingham Green, Fressingfield.
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Record last edited
Nov 7 2023 3:08PM