Farmstead record BAR 132 - Farmstead: Watermill Farm

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Summary

Watermill Farm is a farmstead visible on the 1st Ed Os map. The farm is laid out in a regular U-plan with the farmhouse detached and set away from the yard. The farm sits alongside a private track in an isolated location. There has been a significant loss of working buildings with the remaining converted for residential use and additional modern residential sheds alongside.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 9359 7426 (167m by 138m)
Map sheet TL97SW
Civil Parish BARDWELL, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Watermill Farm is a farmstead visible on the 1st Ed Os map. The farm is laid out in a regular U-plan with the farmhouse detached and set away from the yard. The farm sits alongside a private track in an isolated location. There has been a significant loss of working buildings with the remaining converted for residential use and additional modern residential sheds alongside. (S1-4)

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 (4)

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: various. Google Earth / Bing Maps.
  • <S2> Map: Ordnance Survey. c 1904. Ordnance Survey 25 inch to 1 mile map, 2nd edition. 25".
  • <S3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1880s. Ordnance Survey 25 inch to 1 mile map, 1st edition.
  • <S4> Unpublished document: Campbell, G., and McSorley, G. 2019. SCCAS: Farmsteads in the Suffolk Countryside Project.

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Record last edited

Feb 11 2020 12:51PM

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