Building record MLI120958 - Manor Farm, Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap
Summary
Manor Farm, Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap
Type and Period (1)
- FARMSTEAD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD? to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Manor Farm, Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap. Partially extant 19th century farmstead. Regular courtyard with multiple regular yards. The farmhouse is detached from the main working complex. There has been significant loss (greater than 50%) of traditional buildings. Isolated location. Large modern sheds are located on the site. {1}
Historic mapping from 1888 shows the standing buildings with a further building to the west, forming a crewyard open to the east weith a small opening to the west. The buildings do not appear on an 1814 OS drawing of the area, and it is believed that the farm was altered and expanded during the 1830's. The buildings appear unaltered on the 1950 OS map, but the 1980 OS map shows the removal of the western building and the replacement of buildings to the south with modern sheds.
A historic building recording (ELI14529) was undertaken in 2020 surveyed the surviving buildings of the farm, which consisted of a shelter shed, cattle pens and a former threshing barn. The shelter shed, formely identified as a "wagon hovel", comprised the northernmost surviving building. The shed was aligned east to west and constructed to be open fronted facing the crewyard, and was made of coursed limestone rubble and corrugated iron roofs, and was built in two phases. The north elevation contains a piece of probable ecclesiastical stonework, which was identified as a possible grave slab of medieval date.
South of the shelter shed was the cattle sheds, formely identified as a "milking parlour". The shed consisting of a single phase of coursed rubble stone aligned east to west, with a corrugated iron roof. A modern timber and corrugated awning extension was constructed on the north elevation. A stone wall exists on the west end of the barns, forming a small enclosure in the crewyard. The barn has undergone a number of modern extensions and alterations, which includes alterations to the roof and the opening of the east elevation to contain a large doorway. The interior shows the building was divided into a storage area and a main body containg concrete cattle pens of varying sizes with 20th century replacement timbers.
Further south was the remains of a former threshing barn and granary, aligned north to south. The surviving parts of the barn consist of the east and west walls, constructed of coursed limestone rubble. There are several modern alterations, which include the arched doorway being blocked by modern material. {2}{3}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI15702 Digital Archive: English Heritage / Historic England. 2015. Greater Lincolnshire Farmsteads Project. 6398.
- <2> SLI18812 Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2020. Historic Building Recording: Manor Farm, College Road, Cranwell. APS Site Code: CWMF20.
- <3> SLI18813 Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 2020. Historic Building Recording: Manor Farm, College Road, Cranwell. LCNCC: 2020.124.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 0311 4979 (78m by 102m) |
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Civil Parish | CRANWELL AND BYARDS LEAP, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 13 2025 11:04AM
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