Farmstead record AST 037 - Farmstead: (Unknown)

(Unknown), Ashfield cum Thorpe. 19th century farmstead and farmhouse . Regular courtyard U-shaped plan formed by working agricultural buildings. The farmhouse is set away from the yard. Total loss of the farmstead. Located within an isolated position. Still present on the six-inch Ordnance Survey map 3rd edition 1950 so demolished at some point after this but before the earliest google earth image (c.2000) (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.