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HER Number MWB17368
Record Type Monument
Name Morewood House (formerly the yard of Ivy House and Pigeon House)

Grid Reference SU 416 667
Map Sheet SU46NW
Parish Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire
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Summary

Historic estate yard of at least 19th century date and still partly present in 21st century, associated with the Craven Estate

Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status

  • Listed Building (II) 1117221: MOREWOOD HOUSE
  • Listed Building (II*) 1136066: BUILDING 50 METRES NORTH WEST OF MOREWOOD HOUSE

Monument Type(s):

  • FARMSTEAD (Late 19th century - 1880 AD to 1880 AD)
  • TIMBER YARD (Late 19th century to Mid 20th century - 1880 AD? to 1950 AD?)

Full Description

This farm is recorded on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map <1> as noted during a 2005 survey of West Berkshire's historic farmsteads <2>. However it is unclear whether it had a purely agricultural function within the Craven Estate. Its two listed buildings are described as a former dovecote and granary, and an orangery. The dovecote later became Morewood House, but may be present in Kyp's 1709 engraving of a bird's-eye view of Hamstead Marshall, seat of Lord Craven: a rectangular building with roof is shown in the distance behind the formal gardens and avenues <5>.

Stokes <4> notes that there was a timber and carpentry yard there by 1840, with this usage continuing into the 20th century. When the Craven Estate was sold in 1984, Morewood House was restored and altered, and former farm buildings were converted to form a staff cottage.

Sources and further reading

<01>Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. [Map / SWB14341]
<02>Orr, S. 2005. West Berkshire Historic Farm Buildings - An Assessment of the Resource and Guidelines for Management. [Unpublished document / SWB14474]
<03>Kyp (or Kyp), J. c1709. Engraving of Hamstead Marshall, seat of Lord Craven. [Graphic material / SWB146721]
<04>Stokes, P. 2000?. Hamstead Marshall - Gazetteer. http://www.hamsteadmarshall.net/index.htm. [Website / SWB148950]
http://www.hamsteadmarshall.net/gazetteer.pdf (Accessed 23/01/2019)
<08>Baillie, W. 1840. Hamstead Marshall Tithe Map. Numbered '78'. [Map / SWB148162]
http://ww2.berkshirenclosure.org.uk/CalmView/GetImage.ashx?db=Catalog&type=default&fname=Hamstead+Marshall+D-D1-61-1.jpg (Accessed 10/05/2022)

Related Monuments

MWB15940Morewood House (formerly Ivy House), Hamstead Marshall (Building)
MWB16347Orangery at Morewood House, Hamstead Marshall (Building)

Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

  • None recorded

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