NHER 64849 (Monument record) - Site of 19th-century outbuildings at Hall Farm

Site of outbuildings to north-west of Hall Farm (NHER 11786).

July 2016. Desk-based Assessment.
Heritage Statement produced to support a planning application for a residential development that would see the demolition of these buildings plus the conversion of a nearby, older barn to residential use (NHER 64848) and the construction of a number of new dwellings.
This 'L'-shaped arrangement of buildings was added at some time between the production of the Gayton tithe map in 1839 (S1) and the publication of the Ordnance Survey First Edition Six-inch map in 1884 (S2). They comprise a brick and pantile stable block and a flint storage building with loft.
Information from draft report. Final version awaited. See also NHER 64847.
P. Watkins (HES), 12 April 2021.

February 2017. Photographic Survey.
Photographic record made of two outbuildings at Hall Farm (Building 1 and Building 2), prior to the demolition of these structures.
These adjacent buildings met at right angles but were not adjoined.
Building 1 was a single-storey west-south-west to east-north-east aligned brick range with brick floors throughout. It was split into four sections, the largest of which contained wooden stalls. The building had clearly been used for housing horses, with feeding and water troughs were present throughout.
Building 2 was a two-storey north-north-west to south-south-east aligned range built of brick, flint and timber. Wooden-slatted window openings were present in the north and south gable ends and two modern garage doors had been inserted into the western wall. The exposed roof timbers were probably original, as were areas of studded brickwork in the upper west and east walls. The upper floor was reached via a wooden stair on the western side of the building and had been used as a workshop area. The ground floor could not be accessed for safety reasons.
As noted above these buildings can be dated relatively precisely to the mid to late 19th century by the available cartographic evidence.
Information from report (S3), in which a range of the photographs taken are reproduced.
P. Watkins (HES), 12 April 2021.

The demolition of these buildings took place soon after they were photographed, prior to an archaeological evaluation of the site (see NHER 64847).
P. Watkins (HES), 12 April 2021.