Monument Type(s):

• BARN (17th century to Late 19th century - 1612 AD to 1899 AD) + Sci.Date

Summary

A 17th century timber framed barn range with an 18th century brick bay at one end and a major 19th century rebuild at the other end. It is protected by Grade II Listing.

Related records

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

• ESA4774 - 2002 Evaluation prior to proposed barn conversion at Aston Eyre Hall by Castlering Archaeology
• ESA7253 - 1997 Trial trenching, architectural assessment and topographic survey at Aston Eyre Hall by Time Team

Description

Barn range. C17 and C18 with C19 rebuild. Timber frame, weatherboarded, and red brick. Plaintile roof. Central 4 bays of timber framing with brick bay on right end and large C19 rebuild on left end. Single storey with loft. To centre and right are various stable doors with openings over. Ventilation crosses on right end. To left are double doors with window over and a 4-pane window either side. Interior: central section has square-panel framing with braces. Queen-strut roof with double trenched purlins and ridge piece <1>

Building survey and evaluation carried out at Aston Eyre Hall in conjunction with a barn conversion. The conversion included lowering the floor levels in the barn and so trenches were excavated in the first three bays of the timber barn prior to redevelopment. A substantial wall with a maximum width of 1.09m was located in bays 2 and 3 of the barn and survives to a maximum height of 0.88 m in bay 2. The foundation courses of the wall are unmortared and heavily stained by the orange clay soil suggesting they were backfilled soon after construction. The wall is aligned north-east/ south-west and extends beyond the north wall of the barn. The cut for the wall was backfilled with redeposited clays. Medieval finds were found in the redeposited clays and include a blackened rim sherd of 12th to 14th century date, a ‘yellow’ glazed lead jug handle, twisted to give a cord effect. In bay 1 of the barn, a 19th century field drain was located. The drain may have been inserted to carry water away from the area east of the former 14th century manor house. It is likely that the ground levels in the barn were raised shortly after the field drains were inserted and considerable alterations took place at the working farm at the turn of the century. <2>

Correspondance related to the Time Team programme, filmed in June 1997 at Aston Eyre Hall (and largely focused on the investigation of the hall and gatehouse) indicates that a dendrochronological date was obtained for the listed barn of 1603-1611, although no further information is available. <3>

Please note: no formal report has been compiled for the Time Team excavations at this site to date and therefore only limited details are available on the investigations. <4>

Dendrochronological dating was carried out in 1997 as part of the Time Team programme. The felling date for timber in the barn was 1612/1613. ->

-> A large timber-framed barn to the north side of the complex produced a felling date of 1612/13. This building is of stud and panel construction in which all of the panels, right up to the top of the gable ends, were originally closed in with horizontal boarding let into grooves in the studs. <5>

A large timber-framed barn to the north side of the complex produced a felling date of 1612/13. This building is of stud and panel construction in which all of the panels, right up to the top of the gable ends, were originally closed in with horizontal boarding let into grooves in the studs. Dating commissioned by Diverse Productions Ltd. (Miles and Worthington 1998, VA 29, list 92).<5a>

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