Old Farrier’s and Stable Block, Beedon Manor Farm, Beedon, West Berkshire
A Standing Building Survey
for Mr and Mrs P Gent
by Peter Reeves
Wardell Armstrong for
Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd
Site Code BMF03/26
May 2003 Summary
Site name: Old Farrier’s and Stable Block, Beedon Manor Farm, Beedon, West Berkshire
Grid reference: SU 4830 7818
Site activity: Standing Building Survey
Date and duration of project:
Project manager: Jo Pine
Site supervisor: Peter Reeves
Site code: BMF 03/26
Area of site: n/a
Summary of results: The buildings were recorded and photographed and a developmental sequence outlined. Both have been extensively refurbished so that little of the original structure survives.
Monuments identified: --
This report may be copied for bona fide research or planning purposes without the explicit permission of the copyright holder
Report edited/checked by: Steve Ford9 13.05.03 Steve Preston9 14.05.03
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Old Farrier’s and Stable Block, Beedon Manor Farm, Beedon, West Berkshire A Building Survey
by Peter Reeves
Report 03/26
Introduction
Wardell Armstrong were commissioned by Thames Valley Archaeological Services to undertake a Level 3 standing building survey of the Old Farrier’s Workshop and Stable Block, which are two of the farm buildings located at Beedon Manor Farm located near Newbury, Berkshire (SU 4830 7818). The work was commissioned by Mr Alistair Tuttle of Hungerford Design, Agriculture House, Charnham Lane, Hungerford, Berkshire RG17
0EY no behalf of Mr and Mrs P Gent.
The buildings are no longer used for their original purpose and planning permission has been granted by
West Berkshire Council for their conversion to residential use. The requirement for a Level 3 record of the buildings was attached to the planning permission (02/01206/FUL and 01/02727/FUL) as a condition (8) in accordance with and PPG 15 Planning and the Historic Environment, and was carried out to a specification approved by Ms Veronica Fiorato, Principal Archaeological Officer for West Berkshire Council. A further condition (7) required a programme of archaeological investigation in addition to the building survey and this will be the subject of a separate report.
The two buildings were thought to be of 18th –19th century construction, with the possibility that parts may have been older.
Initial site survey revealed that the Stable Block was indeed of 19th Century date and that the building had undergone major alteration throughout the 20th Century. The upper floor of the building was in a very dangerous state and the roof had been refitted. The archaeological officer for West Berkshire, Veronica Fiorato, was contacted and the recording level downgraded to Level 1. Health and Safety considerations removed the possibility of any detailed survey of the roof space but a condition has been placed on the development whereby archaeologists are given access to this area when the floor is removed/repaired.
Initial site survey of the farrier’s workshop and store also revealed major reconstruction in the nineteenth century very probably as a result of the collapse of the northern half of the structure and major refurbishment in the 20th century. Alternatively the earlier rebuild may have been ordered to modernise and match the building with the newly constructed stable block. Surviving elements of the original timber roof supports within the structure indicated that the original building could have been constructed at the same time as a 17/18th Century
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cart shed located to the north west of the farrier’s workshop. The curatorial officer was contacted and the standing building survey downgraded to Level 2.
The original forge had been removed and replaced by a modern brick and concrete slab structure.
Site description, location and geology
The buildings are located on high ground (166m above Ordnance Datum) approximately 10km to the north of
Newbury in Berkshire, centred on NGR SU 482 781 (Fig. 1). The buildings are sited on well drained Quaternary gravel terraces.
Historical background
The two buildings are part of a suite attached to the Manor Farm at Beedon (Fig. 2). Both are of historic interest.
The Manor House, the Cart Shed and a large wooden barn are Listed. It is thought that the heart of the settlement dates back to the Saxo-Norman period. The farm is located adjacent to the church and this is usually the core of the medieval settlement.
Groundwork associated with the alteration of these buildings may uncover archaeological deposits and/or artefacts dating to this period.
Both buildings appear on the Ordnance Survey 1882 Edition although members of the Beedon
Archaeological Group suggest that the buildings are of an earlier date. On site observation concurs with the views of the curatorial officer that the remaining original parts of the Farrier’s Workshop are earlier than the
19th century.
Methodology
The standing building survey involved two methods of study and follows the approach defined by Brunskill
(1990; 1992). These were:
A descriptive text of the materials and methods of construction used in the building. The description was also to cover the chronological development of and alteration(s) to the building.
A photographic record of the building covering each of the rooms and important features was undertaken.
The photographic record utilizes colour slides, colour print and black and white print in 35mm format.
The Level 2 recording of the Farrier’s Workshop and store in addition to the above included measured drawings of structural elements of archaeological interest.
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Aims and Objectives
The aims of the survey were:
to record the buildings with particular attention to structural elements of archaeological/architectural interest prior to alteration;
to describe the chronological development of the building;
to highlight the most important historical elements of the building
Results
The results are set out with reference to Figs 3 and 4. The Stable Block is described first followed by the
Farrier’s Workshop.
Stable Block
A detailed photographic record was made of the building and its interior. No access was possible to the modern garage forming the eastern end of the building. Access to the roof space was possible via a wooden ladder but the floor was too unstable to allow full and thorough examination of the loft. Due to the date of the building, its single phase construction, subsequent alteration and health and safety issues, the intended Level 3 survey was down graded to Level 1. A plan was drawn at ground level showing the current sub-division of the building and a detailed description follows below.
The stable block is entirely of 19th century construction and is an east-west aligned rectangular building measuring 34m x 5.25m (Pl. 1). At its apex the roof line is 6.25m in height. The building is constructed in red brick (cemented Flemish Bond) and has a plain tiled gabled roof. The south and end walls of the building are
0.5m thick and the south wall is in turn braced by three buttresses. The north wall is slightly thinner at 0.35m.
The lower level served as a stable. The roof space served as a hay loft accessed via a ladder and two pitching holes.
The south wall (3.75m high) is the front of the building and is pierced by four door openings, one of which is a blocked, and four window openings. The north wall (2.25m high) forming the rear of the building is pierced by a single window at the eastern end. The differences in wall height are due to differences in ground level with the building having been constructed on a terraced cut into the high ground located to the north of the building.
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The roof is pierced centrally by Dormer windows facing north and south. The north face of the roof is pierced by two pitching holes set toward either end of the building both of which are closed to the elements by simple wooden plank shutters (Pl. 2).
The internal layout of the building has been significantly altered and is presently divided into four discrete rooms. Most of the original floor has been covered with modern concrete floors or concrete skims; all walls are whitewashed and the internal fittings and fixtures have been removed. The building is described room by room commencing at the western end.
Room 1
Located at the western end of the building, this large rectangular room, measuring 11.5m by 5m retains its original floor. The floor is constructed using a variety of materials, flint, rough stone and brick.
The main body of the floor is of rough stone cobbles. The area of the floor that would have been situated beneath the feeding trough, originally fixed to the north wall, is made of brick, as is the shallow surface drain. A
1.5m wide walkway along the length and adjacent to the south wall consists of laid flint. The rough stone and the flint elements of the floor are slightly polished by the passage of horse hooves across them. Similarly the brick elements of the floor are heavily cracked from the passage of horses. The brick drain leads to a cast iron grill set into the floor in the south-west corner of the room from here the drain exits through the south wall. All the walls in this room are white washed, all the fittings have been removed and the ceiling replaced. The east wall separating this room from room 2 is constructed with modern aircrete blocks.
Room 1 is entered via a pair of modern part-glazed doors located centrally in the south wall. A single window is located either side of the door.
Room 2
Is a rectangular room measuring 6.5m x 5m. Although the original layout of the room has been altered some of the original fittings remain. A much decayed and collapsing feeding trough is fitted along the length of the north wall. A hay rack fitted to the north wall runs above the trough and this was filled from the loft above; the loft floor did not extend over the trough (Pl. 3). A wooden hitching rail stands in front of the trough and iron rings attached to the rail indicate tethering for six horses in this room.
The original sub-division of the room, if present, has been removed and been replaced with a modern chipboard partition. The partition effectively halves the room. The floor in this room appears to have been constructed of brick, however, it is now covered with a skim of cement.
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A simple wooden ladder affixed to the east wall in the south-east corner of the room gives access to the loft through an open hatch (Pl. 4).
The wall separating this room from room 3 is plank built and would appear to be original 19th century build. The room has a single stable door in the south wall. The window in the south wall was originally constructed as a door but the lower half was bricked in.
Room 3
Measuring 6 m x 5 m, this room has been extensively altered. The room is subdivided into two stalls using heavy metal sheets. Conversations with the tenants on the estate reveal that until very recently this room was used to stable ponies. The alterations would have been made to allow the stable to conform to British and European
Equine husbandry standards.
All the original furnishing has been removed. The walls are heavily whitewashed and the floor has been replaced with concrete. The original drain has been infilled. Part of the original timber-covered drain remains in the south-west corner of the room. The east wall is constructed of brick and contains a simple plank door in the south-east corner leading to room 4.
Paradoxically although used as a stabling room in modern times features remaining in the east wall and in the ceiling of this room indicate that its original use was either as a tack and harness room or as a food store.
This is the only room in the stable block having a window in the north wall as well as the south wall. The south wall also contains a small arched niche. It is conjectured that the niche was used as a temporary repository for curry combs etc, thereby keeping them off the floor and free of dirt; the actual function is unknown (Pl. 5).
The end of a small square cast iron chute can be observed in the east wall descending at an angle of 45 degrees from the loft above. We can assume that grain was stored above and poured down this chute into either sacks or buckets to feed the horses. A central two-leaved trapdoor in the ceiling above the eastern of the two modern stalls marks the point where sacks of grain were lifted into the loft for storage (Pl. 6).
Room 4
This small room measuring only 3m in width was designed and used as a cart shed for a single cart. The room has been converted into a modern garage with a concrete floor and steel up-and-over garage door set into the original brick opening.
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Loft
The floor of the loft is in very poor condition with large holes and severely rotted, rough plank floor boards. The loft, from observations made from the hatch in the ceiling of room 2 can be observed as divided into two (Pl. 7).
The loft space is divided in two by a brick wall and access between the two is gained through a purpose- built doorway set up from the floor. No door, or evidence of a door having been present, was observed. The western loft space, the smaller of the two spaces, appears to have had the original floor stripped out and replaced.
Two modern ventilation shafts are observed ascending to the roofline.
The battens between the rafters are new and the plain clay roof tiles are held in place with metal nails. The tiles are separated from the battens by a 20th century black plastic geotextile.
Farrier’s workshop
The farrier’s is a timber and brick building located to the north of the stable block (Pl. 8). Although the building was thought to be 18th century in date, on-site inspection revealed a chronology of major alteration in the 19th and 20th centuries. The red brick is bonded with cement in Flemish style, the pitched hipped roof is covered with plain clay tiles. As with the stable described above the roof appears to have been rebuilt, using the original tiles, fairly recently, although no protective membrane separates the tiles from the battens.
The south wall is constructed of brick and timber frame with weatherboards affixed (Pl. 9). The north wall is built entirely from red brick and has label moulding where it joins the roof. The majority of the west wall is brick built although the wood storage area (C below) is wood framed with weather boards affixed. The east wall is a mixture of 20th century construction materials.
It became apparent on site that the front of both the storage area and the forge had been built very recently.
The 1912 Edition Ordnance Survey shows the storage area as open fronted to the east, that is, the side facing the road. The east wall is constructed using aircrete blocks and the double doors run on modern iron gliders. The east wall of the forge appears to have been rebuilt fairly recently using a mixture of reused and new bricks set in concrete. The double doors leading into the forge are very new. The eastern façade of the building is part weather boarded and a jar of nails identical to those used in fixing the boards carried a date of 1999.
Although rectangular in shape the building consists of two elements. The southern part of the building, the forge, is aligned east-west and measures 10.5m x 5m. The northern part of the building, the cart/storage shed, is square and measures 9.5m by 9.5m.
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The forge itself is divided roughly into equal parts: a forge area, east; and a wood storage area, west. The building has been divided into three rooms for ease of description. To prevent confusion with the stable block the elements of the building are recorded here and in the drawings as areas A, B and C.
Area A
The pitched hipped gable roof is supported by a much damaged, replaced and multi period timber framework (Pl.
10). The style and decoration on the four principal timber uprights is similar to that observed in the cart shed to the north west of this building. The structural elements of the timber frame also follow the same fixing pattern.
However it would appear that at some stage either the building collapsed and was rebuilt, or that during 19th century upgrading of the building, the original structure collapsed.
Therefore the timber framework was constructed in the 17th/18th century. The brickwork was constructed in the 19th century and the timber element rebuilt, using the original timbers for the most part, but with significant areas of patchy repair. The east wall of the area that was previously open was built using modern materials in the 20th century. The timber framework shows constant patching and bracing with 20th century timber and other materials.
The floor of the area is concrete and this has been lapped around the base of the four timber uprights
(arcade posts) supporting the roof.
The arcade braces, resting upon the arcade posts, are supported by struts fixed, by mortice and tenon, into the arcade post. The arcade brace carries queen struts supporting the collar. Purlins supported by the collar and resting on a purpose built shelf in the 19th-century brick end walls support the roof rafters (Pl. 11).
The north-west arcade post and associated timber elements appear to have collapsed pulling the whole of the timber structure down in that direction. Although rebuilt, the new structure demonstrates breakages and cracking consistent with stresses that would have been placed on the structure facing such a failure. The jowls of the arcade posts on the east side of the area are split and pulled in a north-westerly direction. The purlins along the western side of the roof at brace and collar level are reused timbers. The north-west arcade post has split mortice joints some with the broken ends of struts still in place.
The rebuilt structure obviously has an inbuilt weakness and has been supported by numerous wooden and iron braces put in place at various stages since the rebuilding. The areas of repair are characterized by ill-fitting timbers that are nailed to the re-erected structure.
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Area B
This is the area of the forge and farrier’s workshop. The room is not square, reflecting the rebuilding of the front or eastern wall, the floor area measures 5 x 4.5m. The room has a brick floor with a large flat stone flag set to the south-west of the present forge. This flag almost certainly marks where the anvil was located. The forge is constructed of brick and concrete slabs; combined with the distance from the anvil stone this argues that this is not original. The chimney bricks differ from those observed above the roof line, suggesting that when the forge was rebuilt a new chimney was erected (Pl. 12). The room is cluttered with wooden workbenches (modern) and a range of chairs and armchairs. The forge is used as a fire-place and this room was obviously, until fairly recently, used as a warming room by farm workers.
As mentioned above the east wall of the room has been rebuilt and new weather boards attached. The double doors giving access into the room are very recent additions.
The south wall appears to have been rebuilt, the room’s west wall butts up against it. The lower part of the south wall is constructed from brick, ten courses of Flemish bond, the remainder of the wall to its full height consists of a timber frame which is weather boarded.
The west wall of this room is probably the only original brick structure left in the building. The wall is ten courses high and surmounted by a rough wooden frame affixed with rough cut wooden planks. The south end of this wall meets the exterior wall as a butt joint. The north end of this wall has been smashed away and a gap is clearly visible between the north end of the west wall of area B and the new wall built to separate areas A and B.
Area C
This area is currently used as a wood store. The store is divided into two, east and west, by a rough partition constructed out of modern fence posts and large pieces of pallets and redundant furniture. The area has an earth floor.
The east division of area C is used as a wood store and very little could be seen of the internal structure of the area. The west portion, containing a substantial number of chopped pieces of wood, is used as a wood chopping area.
It is very probable that area C has always been used as a fuel preparation and storage area, the wood piles separated from wayward sparks from the forge by a low brick and timber wall.
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Chronological Development
Stable Block
The structure has been extensively altered for either alternative use, the garage, or to comply with modern animal husbandry regulations. The building was constructed in a single phase and is 19th century in date. Two phases can be identified.
Phase 1
The stable block which was originally divided into three rooms. The largest room covers rooms 1 and 2. The floor was of rough stone and flint with inbuilt brick drainage gullies. The second room is labelled room 3 and this would have been used as a harness and tackle room. The third and final room is the cart shed at the eastern end of the building. At loft height the western end was used to store hay with direct access to the feeding troughs below. The eastern end appears to have been used as a grain store.
Phase 2
This phase is marked by a series of events that occurred during the 20th century, for which no firm chronology can be established, although it could be argued that the refitting of the roof was the last event.
Most of the original floors are covered or replaced with concrete, the internal fittings and fixtures are removed, the west end of the loft is replaced and the roof is refitted with modern materials underlying the plain clay roof tiles.
Farrier’s workshop (Fig. 7)
Although the building appears to occupy the original footprint, the northern or cartshed end has at some stage collapsed or has been dismantled and rebuilt with the original arcade posts and roof supported by 19th century brickwork. It is highly probable that this event occurred when the stable block was built.
Phase 1
In its original plan the farrier’s resembled the building seen today however the northern, or cart shed, part of the building was open on the eastern side and very probably was similar in appearance to the 17th/18th century cartshed located to the north.
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Phase 2
The inspection of the timbers has indicated that the northern part of the building collapsed or collapsed during refurbishment. Two new brick walls were constructed at the northern and southern ends of the cart area. The south wall was clearly observed smashing through the original forge walls in the forge area. The timber roof structure rests on a purpose built ledge on the north wall. The cart shed remained open on the east side. The forge area remained untouched as did the wood storage area. The style and quality of the brick work suggests a date for this phase similar to the construction of the stable block to the south, 19th century.
Phase 3
This phase constitutes a series of events on the site throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
Probably the earliest but ongoing are the numerous efforts to brace the timber structure supporting the roof of the cart shed. Although rebuilt, it is apparent that the timber structure was unsound and required renewed braces of wood and then iron to prevent it collapsing over and through the west wall.
The front of the building was enclosed and modern sliding doors fitted. The closing in of the east side of the building occurred post 1912 when the open side is illustrated on the Ordnance Survey map.
The roof has been refitted and it is highly probable that this occurred at the same time as the refixing of the roof on the stable block. At the same time, possibly, the weather boards were replaced on the front of the building.
Impact of proposed development.
Stable Block
The impact on the stable block will be minimal. A new door is to be cut in the brickwork at the west end of the south facing wall. Other doors and windows will use existing portals. To the rear of the stable block two doors will be inserted in the north wall directly below the existing hay loft doors.
Three additional dormer windows will inserted in the south facing gable of the roof however as discussed above although retaining the original materials the roof has been refitted and modern materials inserted.
As the impact on the stable block is minimal, a requirement for an archaeological watching brief during these works is regarded as unnecessary.
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Farrier’s
The proposed alterations retain the existing timber framework observed in the cart shed area of the forge. The exterior access points and windows make use of existing portals through the external walls. The interior access points punch through the later 19th century brick wall. The forge, which is modern, is to be removed and the chimney in effect to have a fire on the opposing side to present.
The majority of the work on this building does not require an archaeological watching brief. Two areas have been identified that should be observed in the event that archaeologically important material and/or artefacts are uncovered.
The two areas are: where the low brick wall dividing the forge from the wood storage area is to be punched through; and where a door is to be punched through the west wall of the wood storage area. In both instances the walls form the oldest surviving parts of the building.
Conclusion
The stable block has undergone major renovation throughout the 20th century; the farrier’s workshop has undergone major repair in the 19th century and renovation in the 20th century.
The stable demonstrates two clear phases of development of which the first is a single build phase in the
19th century and the second a series of events in the 20th century.
The farrier’s demonstrates three clear phases of activity, the original building construction in the 17th/18th century, the rebuilding of the north or cart shed end in the 19th century and the numerous repairs and renovations throughout the 20th century.
The planning proposals put forward will cause minimal damage to the two buildings. With reference to the farrier’s, the architects have paid particular attention to retaining the original timber framework.
References
Brunskill, R W, 1990, Brick buildings in Britain, London Brunskill, R W, 1992, Traditional buildings of Britain, London
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APPENDIX 1: Catalogue of Colour Prints
Cat. No. Building Shot Note 1 Stable block South wall exterior Plate 1 2 Stable block Exterior, roof and shuttered pitching hole Plate 2 3 Stable block Room 2, feeding trough Plate 3 4 Stable block Room 2 Plate 4 5 Stable block Room 3, wall niche Plate 5 6 Stable block Room 3; ceiling trap door Plate 6 7 Stable block Loft Plate 7 8 Old Farrier’s workshop Exterior view from south-east Plate 8 9 Old Farrier’s workshop Exterior view of south wall Plate 9 10 Old Farrier’s workshop Detail of roof brace Plate 10 11 Old Farrier’s workshop Detail of roof support Plate 11 12 Old Farrier’s workshop Forge and chimney Plate 12 13 Old Farrier’s workshop Forge and chimney 14 Old Farrier’s workshop Detail of roof brace 15 Old Farrier’s workshop Detail of arcade post 16 Old Farrier’s workshop Detail of arcade post 17 Old Farrier’s workshop Detail of roof truss 18 Old Farrier’s workshop Wood store 19 Old Farrier’s workshop Wood store 20 Old Farrier’s workshop Wood store 21 Old Farrier’s workshop Wood store 22 Old Farrier’s workshop Forge 23 Old Farrier’s workshop Anvil 24 Old Farrier’s workshop Anvil 25 Old Farrier’s workshop Anvil 26 Old Farrier’s workshop Exterior door 27 Old Farrier’s workshop Exterior, east wall 28 Old Farrier’s workshop Exterior, east wall 29 Old Farrier’s workshop Exterior, east wall 30 Old Farrier’s workshop Exterior, east wall 31 Old Farrier’s workshop Detail of bracing and struts 32 Old Farrier’s workshop Detail of bracing and struts 33 Old Farrier’s workshop Detail of arcade post repairs 34 Old Farrier’s workshop Detail of arcade post repairs 35 Old Farrier’s workshop Detail of arcade post repairs 36 Old Farrier’s workshop Exterior new double door 37 Old Farrier’s workshop Exterior east wall, south end 38 Stable block Exterior, south wall 39 Stable block Exterior, south wall 40 Stable block Exterior, south wall 41 Stable block Exterior, south wall 42 Stable block Exterior, south wall 43 Stable block Exterior, south wall 44 Stable block Exterior, south wall 45 Stable block Exterior, south wall 46 Stable block Exterior, south wall 47 Stable block Exterior, south wall 48 Stable block Exterior, south wall 49 Stable block Exterior, south and west walls 50 Stable block Exterior, east wall 51 Stable block Exterior, east wall 52 Stable block Exterior North wall and Farriers 53 Stable block Exterior North wall 54 Stable block Exterior North wall 55 Stable block Exterior North wall 56 Stable block Exterior North wall 57 Stable block Loft 58 Stable block Internal door 59 Stable block Ceiling trap door 60 Stable block Room 3 wall detail, chute 61 Stable block Blocked up window 62 Stable block Blocked up window 63 Stable block Exterior North wall 64 Stable block Room 1; floor 65 Stable block Room 1; floor 66 Stable block Room 1; floor 67 Stable block Room 1; floor 68 Stable block Room 2 feeding trough
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Cat. No. Building Shot Note 69 Stable block Room 2 70 Stable block Room 2 71 Stable block Room 2 feeding trough 72 Stable block Room 2 partition 73 Stable block Room 2 partition 74 Stable block Room 2 wall niche 75 Stable block Chimney 76 Stable block Loft 77 Old Farrier’s Workshop Detail of roof supports 78 Old Farrier’s Workshop Detail of roof supports 79 Old Farrier’s Workshop Detail of arcade post 80 Old Farrier’s Workshop Detail of roof supports 81 Old Farrier’s Workshop Exterior view, west wall 82 Old Farrier’s Workshop Exterior view, east wall 83 Old Farrier’s Workshop Exterior view, north wall 84 Old Farrier’s Workshop Exterior view, west wall 85 Old Farrier’s Workshop Exterior view, north wall
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SU48000 49000 BMF03/26 Beedon Manor Farm, Beedon, West Berkshire, 2003
Figure 1. Location of site within Beedon and Berkshire.
Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Pathfinder 1171 SU47/57 1:25000 at 1:12500 Ordnance Survey Licence AL52324A0001 Beedon Manor Farm, Beedon, West Berkshire, 2003
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Mount Pleasant
Cartshed Manor Farm barns Barn 78200 Manor Farm Cottages
Farriers
Stable Beedon Manor Farmhouse
St. NIcholas's Church Cemetery
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SU48200 48300 48400
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Figure 2. Location of buildings within site BMF03/26 Beedon Manor Farm, Beedon, West Berkshire, 2003
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Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Hitching Collapsed feeding trough rings
Brick
Concrete pad Flint floor Modern partitions Bricked-in drain
Flint floor
Window? Niche Ladder for loft
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Figure 3. Plan of stable block. BMF03/26
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Concrete Floor
Modern partition
Room C
Room A
Anvil Stone
Forge
Room B
Breeze Blocks Brick floor Breeze Blocks
Door Pulley Concrete
0 5m
Figure 4. Plan of Farriers. BMF03/26 Beedon Manor Farm, Beedon, West Berkshire, 2003
Iron bolt
Peg Corbel Iron nail Pegs Iron nail
Brick Repair wall Broken strut in place
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Figure 5. Farriers, western arcade, East facing. BMF03/26 Beedon Manor Farm, Beedon, West Berkshire, 2003
Rafter Purlin Collar
Queen struts Mortice Mortice containing broken end of strut Arcade rail
split
Strut
Warped 19th century brace
Arcade Post
20th century prop Post pad
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Figure 6. Farriers, elevation of truss assembly, North facing. BMF03/26
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Bracing elements
Re-used timber frame
Anvil Stone
Forge
Phase 1 (17/18th century?)
Phase 2 (18th/19th century)
Phase 3 19th century
Phase 4 (Late 19th century/ early 20th century)
Phase 5 (Mid/ Late 20th century)
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Figure 7. Phased plan of Farriers. BMF03/26 Plate 1. Stable block exterior south wall
Plate 2. Stable block exterior; pitching hole with shutter
BMF03/26 Plate 3. Room 2 Feeding trough. scale 2m
Plate 4. Room 2, partition, ladder, floor. Scale 2m
BMF03/26 Plate 5. Room 3; wall niche; scale 1m Plate 6. Room 3 ceiling trap door
BMF 03/26 Plate 7. Stable loft
Plate 8. Old Farrier’s Workshop, exterior view from south-east
BMF03/26 Plate 9. Old Farrier’s Workshop, south wall
Plate 10. Old Farrier’s Workshop, detail of roof brace
BMF03/26 Plate 11. Old Farrier’s workshop, detail of roof support
Plate 12. Old Farrier’s Workshop, forge and chimney
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