Building record MLI88196 - Abbey Farm, Stixwould
Summary
Abbey Farm, Stixwould
Type and Period (4)
- FARMHOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1600 AD to 2050 AD)
- FARM BUILDING (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD to 2050 AD)
- MODEL FARM (Post Medieval to Modern - 1860 AD to 2050 AD)
- FARMSTEAD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1600 AD? to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
PRN 46306
An early 17th century farmhouse, incorporating some medieval material from the site of Stixwould Priory behind the house. The house has 18th, 19th and 20th century alterations and is constructed in coursed limestone rubble. The building is T-shape in plan, two storeys high and has an irregular nine bay front. 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.{1}
Abbey Farm, Main Street. On the site of the priory of which nothing remains to be seen. The present house is early 17th century, altered in the 18th century and later. East front of nine irregular bays with a cross-wing at one end. In the side and rear walls, reset medieval fragments including a 14th century cusped and crocketed niche.{2}
A photographic building record was undertaken on the outbuildings to Abbey Farm, Stixwould. The survey recorded a building and a Victorian, single storey outbuilding.{3}
The surveyed outbuilding is the remaining part of a much larger building (part of a model farm building) constructed sometime in the 1860s. The model farm building is depicted on the Ordnance Survey County Series map of 1905.{4}
One of a number of farmsteads built for Christopher Turnor of Stoke Rochford Hall, who inherited about 20,000 acres in Lincolnshire in 1829 and controlled the estate until his death in 1886. About twenty farmsteads were rebuilt either in whole or in part between 1847 and 1870 on recently enclsoed land, with the finest examples dating from the 1860s. As was so often the case they were npt designed by an architect but by Turnor's agent, Mr J.Young Macvicar. Their unusual layout, which is typical of the estate, consists of an external U, with an internal E, linked to the outer range through a central straw barn. A dovecote would have risen from the central block.{5}
Abbey Farm, Stixwould and Woodhall. Partially extant 17th 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. Located within or in association with a hamlet. Large modern sheds are located on the site. {6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI9064 Index: Department of the Environment. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 6/44.
- <2> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p719.
- <3> SLI10291 Report: Scorer and Hawkins Architects. May 2005. Photographic Building Survey on Outbuildings, Abbey Farm, Stixwould. -.
- <4> SLI3566 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. TF 16 NE.
- <5> SLI11666 Bibliographic Reference: Wade Martins, S.. 2002. The English Model Farm. Page 143.
- <6> SLI15702 Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2015. English Heritage Farmsteads Project. 5911.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 1741 6602 (103m by 86m) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STIXWOULD, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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