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Brunt's Barn and Padley Chapel Shelter ArcHeritage Brunt’s Barn and Padley Chapel Shelter Heritage Statement Report 2020/30 version 2 ArcHeritage 2020 Brunt’s Barn and Padley Chapel Shelter, Upper Padley, Derbyshire: Heritage Statement ArcHeritage Campo House, 54 Campo Lane, Sheffield, S1 2EG Phone: +44 (0)114 2728884 Fax: +44 (0)114 3279793 [email protected] www.archeritage.co.uk Key Project Information Project name Brunt’s Barn and Padley Chapel Shelter, Upper Padley Report status Final ArcHeritage Project No. 2466 Type of Project Heritage Statement Client Peak District National Park NGR SK 24679 78941 Author Chris Curtis, Mark Stenton & Rowan May Illustrations Chris Curtis Editor Rowan May, Anna Badcock Report Number and Date 2020/30 22/10/2020 Version and filename Version 2. 2466 Brunt’s Barn Report v2.pdf Copyright Declaration: ArcHeritage give permission for the material presented within this report to be used by the archives/repository with which it is deposited, in perpetuity, although ArcHeritage retains the right to be identified as the author of all project documentation and reports, as specified in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (chapter IV, section 79). The permission will allow the repository to reproduce material, including for use by third parties, with the copyright owner suitably acknowledged. Disclaimer: This Report has been prepared solely for the person/party which commissioned it and for the specifically titled project or named part thereof referred to in the Report. The Report should not be relied upon or used for any other project by the commissioning person/party without first obtaining independent verification as to its suitability for such other project, and obtaining the prior written approval of York Archaeological Trust for Excavation and Research Limited (“YAT”) (trading as ArcHeritage). YAT accepts no responsibility or liability for the consequences of this Report being relied upon or used for any purpose other than the purpose for which it was specifically commissioned. Nobody is entitled to rely upon this Report other than the person/party which commissioned it. YAT accepts no responsibility or liability for any use of or reliance upon this Report by anybody other than the commissioning person/party. © York Archaeological Trust for Excavation and Research Limited. Registered Office: 47 Aldwark, York YO1 7BX. A Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England No. 1430801. A Registered Charity in England & Wales (No. 509060) and Scotland (No. SCO42846) i CONTENTS Non‐technical summary ....................................................................................................... iv 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 1 2 Site location, geology & topography .............................................................................. 1 3 Designations ................................................................................................................ 1 4 Aims and Methodology ................................................................................................. 2 4.1 Aims ............................................................................................................................................. 2 4.2 Methodology ............................................................................................................................... 2 5 Archaeological and Historical Background ..................................................................... 5 5.1 Medieval ...................................................................................................................................... 5 5.2 Sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ........................................................................................ 6 5.3 Eighteenth century ...................................................................................................................... 8 5.5 Nineteenth century ..................................................................................................................... 8 5.6 Twentieth Century .................................................................................................................... 11 5.7 Previous archaeological investigations .................................................................................... 12 6 Archaeological potential ............................................................................................. 13 6.1 Brunt’s Barn and farmyard ....................................................................................................... 13 6.2 Padley Chapel shelter................................................................................................................ 14 7 Description of the Buildings ........................................................................................ 15 7.1 Brunt’s Barn ............................................................................................................................... 15 7.2 Padley Chapel Shelter ............................................................................................................... 17 8 Conclusions and Assessment of Significance ................................................................ 18 8.1 Brunt’s Barn ............................................................................................................................... 18 8.2 Padley Chapel Shelter ............................................................................................................... 20 9 Impact of the Propsals ................................................................................................ 20 10 Acknowledgements .................................................................................................... 21 11 Bibliography ............................................................................................................... 21 Plates ................................................................................................................................ 24 Figures .............................................................................................................................. 40 Appendix 1: Gazetteer of recorded heritage assets ............................................................. 41 Appendix 2: Listing & scheduling details .............................................................................. 43 Appendix 3: Historic schedules of the estate ....................................................................... 46 Brunt’s Barn and Padley Chapel Shelter, Upper Padley Heritage Statement Report No 2020/30 ii Plates Plate 1: Overview of Brunt’s Barn from the east Plate 2: Northwest elevation Plate 3: North end of northwest elevation Plate 4: Southwest elevation of the barn range Plate 5: Northeast elevation of the barn Plate 6: Southeast elevation of the barn Plate 7: Southeast elevation of workshop range Plate 8: Northeast elevation of workshop range Plate 9: Southwest elevation of workshop range Plate 10: Southern room in Brunt’s Barn, facing southeast Plate 11: Roof in south room of Brunt’s Barn, facing southeast Plate 12: Ground floor living room and former threshing bay in Brunt’s Barn, facing southwest Plate 13: Stair hall with drying room to rear, facing northeast Plate 14: Dividing wall between stair hall and offices with blockwork to the first floor and stonework to the ground floor, facing northwest Plate 15: Ground floor office in Brunt’s barn, facing north Plate 16: Ground floor office in Brunt’s Barn, facing southeast Plate 17: First floor meeting room in Brunt’s Barn, facing southwest Plate 18: Northern truss in Brunt’s Barn meeting room, facing northeast Plate 19: Large redundant mortice in the north tie beam in Brunt’s Barn’s meeting room, facing northwest Plate 20: Southern truss in Brunt’s Barn meeting room, facing southwest Plate 21: Southern dormitory in Brunt’s Barn, facing northeast Plate 22: Northern dormitory in Brunt’s Barn, facing northeast Plate 23: Workshop range, facing northwest Plate 24: Workshop range, facing southeast Plate 25: Padley Chapel Shelter situated within the remains of Padley Hall. The extant gatehouse, now a chapel, stands in the background, facing southwest Plate 26: Padley Chapel Shelter, facing east Plate 27: Deflecting wall plate in Padley Chapel Shelter. (N.b. The effect is reduced by lens distortion.) Facing southwest Plate 28: Fragments of decorative medieval stonework embedded in the Padley Chapel shelter bench, facing southeast Plate 29: Hardstanding adjacent to northwest elevation, facing east Plate 30: Early 20th‐century pigsties against northwest elevation, viewed facing south Plate 31: Juxtaposition of the barn and chapel/gatehouse and trackway, facing southeast Plate 32: View west towards the barn (to the rear) from Padley Manor Farmhouse (right) Brunt’s Barn and Padley Chapel Shelter, Upper Padley Heritage Statement Report No 2020/30 iii Figures Figure 1: Site location Figure 2: Site plan and heritage assets Figure 3: William Gell’s Plan of Padley, 1800 Figure 4: William Gell’s Illustration of Padley Chapel , 1800 Figure 5: 1810 plan of old enclosures, Upper Padley Figure 6: 1840 plan of the Upper Padley estate Figure 7: R. Keene’s photo of Padley Chapel, 1858 Figure 8: 1880 OS map Figure 9: 1898 OS map Figure 10: 1922 OS map Figure 11: H.E. Allen’s painting of Padley Chapel, 1936 Figure 12: 1955 OS map Figure 13: 1971 OS map Figure 14: Garrett Sweeney’s photo
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