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| Name: | Nether Green Farm and Nether House, Great Bowden |
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| HER Ref: | MLE16063 |
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| Parish: | Great Bowden, Harborough, Leicestershire |
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| Grid Reference: | SP 747 890 |
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| Map: | Coming soon |
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Monument Types
- MODEL FARM (Late Post-medieval to Modern - 1801 AD to 2050 AD)
Summary
The farm complex was built in the C19th; Nether House is the building on the north-west of the courtyard. In c.1900 J H Stokes lived in the house and built the two large structures in the south-east of the site for breeding horses. The house was probably a small yeomanʼs house built around 1700 but has been extensively enlarged and altered over the years, principally by Stokes himself.
Additional Information
The 1924 conveyance document shows the area sold to the hunt (see associated files).
A postcard of Nether House, Great Bowden in 1910 shows the principal (west) façade to be symmetrical with elaborate detailing such as a castellated bay window and stone roof finials. The southern wing was apparently destroyed soon after, by fire.
Identified as a non-designated heritage asset in the Great Bowden Neighbourhood Plan
https://www.harborough.gov.uk/downloads/file/6530/great_bowden_neighbourhood_plan_final_2020-05-28 (accessed 30/01/2023, Policy ENV 6, p46 and Fig9, p86)
with supporting documents for Policy ENV 6, No 15 (including photos) at:-
https://www.greatbowdenparishcouncil.org.uk/neighbourhood-plan-main-document/(accessed 30/01/2023)
<1> Gadsby, Matt, 2006, A building appraisal on standing structures: former Mushroom Farm, Nether Green, Great Bowden (Unpublished document). SLE408.
The site was also used by the Fernie Hunt from 1923. The building on the street frontage is 'very handsome'.
<2> 1964, A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 5: Gartree Hundred (Victoria History of the Counties of England), p38-49 (Bibliographic reference). SLE429.
<3> Harborough District Council, 2018, Great Bowden Neighbourhood Plan, p41-42 and Figure 9, p82. (Neighbourhood Plan). SLE6213.
Non-designated heritage asset identified in the Neighbourhood plan.
Sources
| <1> | Unpublished document: Gadsby, Matt. 2006. A building appraisal on standing structures: former Mushroom Farm, Nether Green, Great Bowden. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: 1964. A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 5: Gartree Hundred (Victoria History of the Counties of England). p38-49. |
| <3> | Neighbourhood Plan: Harborough District Council. 2018. Great Bowden Neighbourhood Plan. p41-42 and Figure 9, p82.. |
Associated Finds
Designations
- Conservation Area: Great Bowden
Associated Images
Nether House, Great Bowden (2008)
© Rosemary Culkin
Nether Green, Great Bowden (2008)
© Rosemary Culkin
Nether Green, Great Bowden (2008)
© Rosemary Culkin
Nether House c.1880
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Nether Green Farm, Great Bowden (c.1989)
© Leicestershire County Council
Nether Green Farm, Great Bowden (c.1989)
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