The Buildings of England: Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (original) (raw)

2019, Vernacular Architecture

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This volume reviews the architectural history of the Yorkshire West Riding, particularly Sheffield and the surrounding areas. It highlights the division from Pevsner's original work to accommodate the architectural wealth of the region, while raising concerns about the inadequate coverage of vernacular architecture and agricultural buildings. The text emphasizes the need for detailed study of the diverse architectural styles and histories present in urban and rural settings.

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Manor House Farm, Thornton Rust, Wensleydale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Building Recording Report

2019

Northern Archaeological Associates Ltd was commissioned by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) to undertake a phase of archaeological building recording at the Grade II listed Manor House, Thornton Rust, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire (SD 97251 88917). This work was conducted as part of the YDNPA ‘Dairy Days’ project. Dairying has been at the heart of the Wensleydale economy since records began and is still thriving today. Its legacy is all around, from barns and milk churn stands to cheese press stones and dairies. The ‘Dairy Days’ project aims to research and share the story of the local dairy industry that has shaped Wensleydale’s landscape. Manor House is a Grade II listed farmhouse from the mid-18th century. The farmhouse includes a cheese room and dairy, a corridor with a cheese-press in its original location and an attached outbuilding. The farmstead includes a variety of agricultural buildings within its curtilage. To the north of the farmhouse is a barn which incorporates a former byre, with a hayloft, and a loose box and a pig sty with a granary over the top. To the north-east of the farmhouse lies the remains of a hennery piggery. Settlement in Wensleydale dates to the prehistoric period. Thornton Rust is mentioned by name in the Domesday Book as Toreton / Torenton and etymological analysis suggests that it may be Anglo-Saxon in origin. Documentary sources indicate the presence of various townships in the valley that began in the medieval period. The first mention of the farm dates to 1839 when it appears in the tithes survey for Thornton Rust. The land was owned by Edward Tennant and farmed by Simon Thwaite. By the time of the 1910 Tax Valuation Survey the farm has passed to Edward’s nice, Emma Hutton and is now farmed by James Metcalfe. The Hutton estate sold the farm in 1920 to Capt. Chapman and by the time of the 1941 National Farm Survey it is being farmed by Mr. William Metcalfe. It is suggested that the layout of the farm as it is today was established prior to the creation of the 1839 tithe map. The farmhouse with its attached outbuilding consists of at least three main building phases. The barn to the north of the farmhouse shows two building phases with the addition of the loose box, pigsty and granary to the byre. Each of these buildings and the rooms within them have been used for other purposes than those they were originally built for. Their relatively uncluttered simple design has resulted in several original features surviving in situ. Manor House and its complex of agricultural buildings is of high significance as a fine example of a typical Dales mixed dairy farm. As a farmstead the surviving in-situ fabric demonstrates the complete process of dairying from the milking and keeping of cows to the processing of milk into butter and cheese and its storage. Of particular note are the well-preserved cheese press bed and weight located within their original work space and the cheese room and dairy which has survived unaltered.

Large Barn, Hall Farm, Hall Lane, Stanton Street, Suffolk: An Historic Building Record

This project concerns a grade II* listed timber-framed and weatherboarded barn, largely mid C16th in date, situated in the Suffolk village of Stanton Street, located roughly 200m West of Halls Farm, of which it is a part. It is based on a Queenspost Truss Frame with a hipped roof. It consists of six bays and has two sets of doors opposite each other in bays 2 and 5.

Newton Hall and the Cruck Buildings of North West England

This study is an introduction to the archaeology and history of Newton Hall, Hyde, in Tameside, Manchester, UK. As a timber-framed cruck building from the late medieval period it is one of the oldest homes in North West England, and was one of the first such buildings to be restored for future generations in the 1960s. This study looks at Newton Hall and its place within the cruck-framed building tradition of the region, providing an overview of the development of the site and its regional importance. 95 cruck buildings are analysed within the Manchester city region, including their status, plan-form and construction details, and the study is illustrated with 122 colour plates and line drawings.

The Gothic Barn of England: icon of prestige and authority

The paper takes a look beyond the traditional approach to studying medieval barns in England, by thinking less of them as banks of structural detail and more as buildings in a landscape setting that played a role in reinforcing seigneurial authority in a rural context. The paper draws on archaeological remains, manorial accounts and contemporary literature.

Great Moor Farm, Sowton, Devon: the recording and excavation of a 16th- and 17th-century farmhouse

Post-Medieval Archaeology, 2019

The demolished Great Moor Farm provided a unique opportunity to study the development of a Devon farmhouse combining detailed fabric recording, excavation and documentary research. The building had a complex structural history, and neither the recording of the standing structure nor the excavation on its own provided sufficient information for the confident identification of the sequence of phases and their dating. The development of the house can be followed from its original construction in the early 16th century, as it was adapted, improved and enlarged following the prevailing fashions of comfort and style, to become a relatively large and comfortable house by c. 1700. Its growth coincided with a prosperous period for Devon farmers and with the evolution of the medieval to the modern house.

A prospect beyond History : The contextual analysis of the designed landscapes in the North Riding, Yorkshire during the long- Eighteenth Century

2009

L. E. Johansen, A Prospect Beyond History: A Contextual Analysis of the Designed Landscapes in the North Riding, Yorkshire during the Long- Eighteenth Century. Submission of thesis for PhD. Bibliographic Details: 2 Volumes; pages; 186 illustrations, 96 in colour; five figures; 7 tables. This thesis is in response to Tom Williamson s study of the parks and gardens in Norfolk Through an inclusive and multi-contextual approach Williamson dispelled notions of a teleological evolution of designed landscapes over the eighteenth century. In response this thesis analyzed 126 designed landscape parks and gardens within the North Riding through a multi-contextual approach. The analysis of these parks and gardens through a socio-economic context was carried out revealing that the great landowners and land magnates established precedence for the continued maintenance of formal elements within the designed landscapes through out the long-eighteenth century; a trend which was emulated by the memb...

Examination and analysis of the principal characteristics of 17th and 18th-century minor domestic architecture of Flore, Northamptonshire, and comparison with the regional pattern and development

Oxford University Department of Continuing Education, 2017

This dissertation comprises an examination and assessment of the architectural character and principal features of the 17th and 18th-century minor domestic houses and vernacular cottages of Flore, Northamptonshire, and compares the results with the wider regional pattern. The study group consisted of 42 houses chosen to represent a range of building types across the social scale in order to provide a balanced overview of the built environment. Using external and internal evidence it was possible to identify a characteristic building style and commonality of form and feature which developed from earlier building traditions during the mid to late 17th century and became the established building style during the 18th century. This was not just a fashionable veneer of external elements but was accompanied by an evolution of medieval house form at a time of greater wealth and a higher quality of life across the community. The trend for renewal or rebuilding of farmhouses and smaller dwellings began among the wealthy yeomanry in the 16th century and took influence from the houses of the gentry and nobility on which the display of imported classical and Renaissance motifs were fashionable. The traditional medieval house form persisted however, due to both economy and conservatism, particularly among the smaller dwellings, but developed a hybridised character as it was adapted to new standards of living. This was not a localised trend but has been noted throughout the Midlands and is prevalent in areas of rural nucleated settlement such as the Banbury region.

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