Monument record MLI60278 - Manor Farm, North Street, Digby
Summary
Manor Farm, North Street, Digby
Type and Period (10)
- FARMHOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD to 2050 AD)
- GARDEN FEATURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- MOAT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FARM (Post Medieval to Modern - 1700 AD? to 2050 AD)
- THRESHING BARN (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1700 AD to 2011 AD)
- COW HOUSE (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1900 AD to 2011 AD)
- CART SHED (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1700 AD? to 1950 AD?)
- ANIMAL SHED (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1700 AD? to 2011 AD)
- HOUSE (21st Century - 2011 AD to 2050 AD)
- FARMSTEAD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD? to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
60278
Manor Farm, North Street, has an early nineteenth century farmhouse (which is listed Grade II - for the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest). Many of the buildings which appear on the 1905 Ordnance County Series second edition county series map appear to survive to the present. There is an earthwork adjacent to the farm, which has been interpreted as being a possible garden feature in the form of a moat. {1}{2}{3}{4}
A building survey was undertaken prior to conversion of the farm to residential properties. The farm buildings are built of coursed limestone rubble with brick and stone dressings and pantile roofs. They included a threshing barn of probable early nineteenth-century date, a probable cattle shelter of nineteenth-century date, later used as a cowhouse, and a mostly collapsed structure interpreted as a probable cartshed and implement store, possibly dating from around the middle of the nineteenth century. The buildings are all depicted on a series of estate maps from 1876 and 1877. The overall impression is of an evolutionary farm developed in a piecemeal fashion around the centrally positioned threshing barn. A degree of conformity with late eighteenth- to nineteenth-century design ideals may be evident although, the layout in general appears to have been determined by early elements such as the barn. The barn was altered drastically during the twentieth century to allow access by modem farm machinery, while the probable open-fronted cattle shelter was converted into a modern cowhouse. {5}{6}
Manor House (Manor Farm), Digby. Partially extant 19th century farmstead. Regular courtyard with multiple regular yards. The farmhouse is attached to a range of working buildings. There has been significant loss (greater than 50%) of traditional buildings. Located within a Church and/or Manor farm group. Large modern sheds are located on the site. {7}
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). P 252.
- <2> SLI558 Unpublished Document: BOND, C.J.. 1979. MOATED SITES RESEARCH GROUP. VOL 6, P 49.
- <3> SLI4819 Unpublished Document: R.H. Healey and D.R. Roffe. Some Medieval and Later Earthworks in South Lincolnshire. VOL 1, P 134.
- <4> SLI7639 Index: Department of the Environment. 1987. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 2/28 (122.006).
- <5> SLI13678 Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2011. Building Survey at Manor Farm, North Street, Digby. DINS11.
- <6> SLI13679 Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 2011. Building Survey at Manor Farm, North Street, Digby. LCNCC 2011.24.
- <7> SLI15702 Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2015. English Heritage Farmsteads Project. 6289.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 0816 5522 (166m by 62m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DIGBY, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Oct 19 2021 10:16AM
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