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Summary

A planned farm designed by William Marshall in 1791. It consists of a dung yard in a semi-octagonal form, enclosed on one side with cattle sheds, and on the other by a line of stables and farm offices.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018366: Buckland Abbey
• Listed Building (II) 1105495: CALF PENS DIRECTLY TO NORTH-WEST OF THE INFIRMARY

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX46NE/501/19
• Old Listed Building Ref (II): 92640
• Tide Project: 10/07/2020

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMSTEAD (XVIII to XIX - 1701 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1998, Buckland Abbey (Schedule Document). SDV344044.

These farm buildings lie within the scheduled area of Buckland Abbey but are excluded from the scheduling although the ground beneath is included. Other details: Monument 24846.

Wade-Martins, S., 1999, Thematic Survey of Planned and Model Farms: Devon, 16 (Un-published). SDV17916.

Home Farm at Buckland Abbey is a planned farm of the late 18th century, designed by William Marshall in 1791. It consists of a dung yard in a semi-octagonal form, enclosed on 1 side with cattle sheds, and on the other by a line of stables and farm offices.

Nicholas Pearson Associates, 2001, Buckland Abbey: Historic Survey and Restoration Plan, App. 2.2-3 (Report - Survey). SDV241983.

Oxen house converted for workshop use with cart shed to the north-east built circa 1800.

English Heritage, 2011, Historic Houses Register (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV346128.

Calf pens directly to the north-west of the Infirmary at Buckland Abbey were Listed on 26th January 1987. Calf pens originally a cattle shelter built in the mid 19th century but probably incorporating some Medieval walling. Stone rubble walls; the tall rear wall has a pronounced batter. Gable ended slate roof. Row of loose boxes set around three sides of a courtyard, they may originally have been open-fronted for use as a cattle shelter. The battered rear wall appears much earlier and was probably incorporated into the 19th century building. Single storey with an irregular front of ten doorways with intermediate windows around three sides of a courtyard. At the rear the ground drops considerably and the tall battered wall has two buttresses, one of which is simply constructed of rubble but the other is of granite ashlar, similar to those of the Infirmary and the Tithe Barn. Other details: LBS Number 92640.

Blaylock, S. + Dudley, P., 2016, Buckland Abbey, Devon: Recording and Assessment, 63-67; Figs 61-63, 85 (Report - Survey). SDV361402.

The oxsheds were constructed in 1791 and were conceived as providing open-fronted housing for cattle, with a dung yard in the middle and a through passage to the south, along the side of the Monastic Farm Building. There was an emphasis on drainage, and the natural fall in the ground was made up to create the half-octagonal plan, with suitable falls from east to west. One of the supports for the open frontage survives in the doorway of one of the central bays of the buildings (currently used as the second-hand bookshop). Elsewhere piers of stone perform the same function, and are also apparently original. Most of the frontages have been enclosed in stone, presumably in the course of the 19th century.
Report presents a full summary of a detailed historic building record.

Bullen, A., 2018, A souvenir guide. Buckland Abbey, Devon, 42 (Monograph). SDV363761.

The ox yard comprises a semi-octagonal range of cattle sheds designed by agriculturalist William Marshall in the late 18th century. They are now craft workshops

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

Range of buildings depicted.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV9107 - Historic Building Recording and Rapid Archaeological Assessment, Buckland Abbey (Ref: 2016R061)

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