Monument Type(s):

• FARMSTEAD (16th century to Late 18th century - 1550 AD? to 1799 AD)

Summary

Aston Eyre Hall, a farmstead first identified and classified by the Historic Farmsteads Characterisation Project, 2008 – 2010, (ESA6427), largely from the digital version of the c.1900 OS large scale mapping. After the manor passed to the Actons [in the mid 16th century] it seems that Aston Eyre Hall ceased to be a prestigious home and instead became a tenanted farm.

Related records

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

• ESA6268 - 2008 Architectural and archaeological analysis at Aston Eyre Hall by Richard Morriss
• ESA7291 - 2014 WB during service trenching at Aston Eyre Hall by Castlering Archaeology
• ESA6427 - 2008/2010 Historic farmsteads characterisation project by Shropshire Council, HET

Description

Regular Courtyard with multiple yards. Additional Plan Details: Covered Yard. Date Evidence from Farmhouse: Medieval. Date Evidence from Working Building(s): 17th Century.
Position of Farmhouse: Detached, side on to yard. Farmstead Location: Village location. Survival: Partial Loss - less than 50% change. Confidence: High.
Other Notes: Some Evidence for Conversion. No longer in agricultural use. Dated by listed farmhouse (PRN 17165) and listed barns (PRN 17380). Medieval Old Hall (PRN 00601) was converted to agricultural use. <1>

After the manor passed to the Actons [in the mid 16th century] it seems that Aston Eyre Hall ceased to be a prestigious home and instead became a tenanted farm. <2>

A watching brief was carried out between August and October 2014 on service trenching to the E of the Old Hall. Extensive disturbance was noted across this area, associated with the conversion of the hall site to agricultural use. Much of the brick and rubble buried on the site was interpreted as deriving from demolition of agricultural buildings built between 1840 and 1883. <3>

A number of the buildings comprising the farm were dated by dendrochronology comissioned as part of a Time Team programme. See child records for further information. <4>

<01> Baxter Charlotte, 2010, Historic Farmstead Characterisation Dataset (Geospatial data). SSA23554.

<02> Morriss Richard K, 2008, Aston Eyre Hall, Aston Eyre, Shropshire: an architectural and archaeological analysis, p9 (Field survey report). SSA23230.

<03> Frost Pat, 2014, Service trenching at Aston Eyre Hall, Aston Eyre, Bridgnorth, Shropshire: archaeological watching brief (Watching brief report). SSA27268.

<04> Worthington M, 2011, Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory List of Dated Buildings (Shropshire) (Online database). SSA27695.

Sources

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