Building record MLI90698 - Woodside Farm House, West Lane, Newton
Summary
Woodside Farm House, West Lane, Newton.
Type and Period (2)
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Full Description
Early 17th century coursed limestone rubble farmhouse, altered 19th and 20th century. Retains some original internal features including fireplaces, a doorcase and a clasped purlin roof. 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}{2}
This house originally belonged to the Carre family of Sleaford before passing by marriage to the Hervey family. Most recently it formed part of the Welby estate. A building survey was carried out prior to proposed renovation works. One main phase of construction, dating to the early 17th century (c. 1620), was noted although numerous alterations have been carried out since then to fit in with changing building fashions, most notably during the Georgian period. During this time the main access to the house was changed from north to south, and new windows were installed in the south frontage. Other alterations at this time include a new staircase and a change in layout on the ground floor of the house. In its original 17th century form the house was essentially a three-unit long house with through passage and various features from this period, including the mullion windows and a door surround in the north elevation, the hall fireplace and the chamfered timber beams. Some of the bedrooms feature timber-framed lath and plaster partition walls and the kitchen retains part of a bread oven. An inventory of 1699 lists the rooms and their contents at that time. For further details, and photographs, see the survey report. {3}{4}
Further building recording was carried out during the removal of two internal walls and a staircase. The walls were both found to be of later date, although one may have been a replacement of an earlier partition. Two blocked windows, probably of 17th century date, were found during the removal of the staircase. These were not apparent from the outside of the building. They may have been blocked to avoid Window Tax. A stone-built cistern to the rear of the house was also recorded. It would have supplied water to the house and was fed by a spring, and is of probable 17th-18th century date. {5}{6}
Woodside Farm (Woodside House), Newton and Haceby. Extant 17th century farmstead. Regular courtyard of U plan. The farmhouse is detached from the main working complex. Located within or in association with a village. Large modern sheds are located to the side of the site. {7}
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SLI5596 Index: Department of the Environment. 1990. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 6/53; 320.017.
- <2> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p 575, p 38.
- <3> SLI11524 Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2007. Woodside Farmhouse, Newton. APS site code: NWF07.
- <4> SLI11525 Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 2007. Woodside Farmhouse, Newton. LCNCC 2007.128.
- <5> SLI12607 Report: Archaeological Project Services. Mar 2009. Archaeological Investigations at Woodside Farmhouse, Newton, Newton and Haceby. NWF07.
- <6> SLI12608 Archive: Archaeological Project Services. Mar 2009. Archaeological Investigations at Woodside Farmhouse, Newton, Newton and Haceby. LCNCC 2007.128.
- <7> SLI15702 Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2015. English Heritage Farmsteads Project. 7065.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 04408 36174 (22m by 22m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NEWTON AND HACEBY, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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