Sheffield Park Farm Yard
SHEFFIELD PARK FARM YARD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1027960
- Date first listed:
- 05-Jun-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Sheffield Park Farm Yard
- Statutory Address:
- SHEFFIELD PARK FARM YARD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1027960
- Date first listed:
- 05-Jun-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Sheffield Park Farm Yard
- Statutory Address 1:
- SHEFFIELD PARK FARM YARD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- SHEFFIELD PARK FARM YARD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- East Sussex
- District:
- Wealden (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Fletching
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 41198 24453
Details
FLETCHING TQ 42 SW 25/955 Sheffield Park Farm Yard GV II
Model farm layout. Dated 1808 with iron griffin at central block, the emblem of Lord Sheffield. Style reminiscent of Samuel Wyatt. Comprizes 3 sides of a court- yard built in red brick, with some Sussex bond and some Flemish bond with grey headers. Tiled roof. Central block comprised barn with granary above. Tall 3 bay structure with blank arches with stone impost blocks divided by double pilasters with similar plain stone cornice. Tiled roof, 3 round-headed doorcases and hoist to left-hand side. Ends have circular blank and 2 Diocletian windows. To the right is the former ox engine house, of lower elevation of 2 bays, with cambered aches with impost blocks. Leading on from this is the right-hand wing of similar height with 7 doors, 5 with cambered arches and 5 semicircular openings. This wing originally comprized rooms for fodder, lodges for 10 fatting oxen, stable for horses or working oxen a stall for a bull and the wing terminated in a waggon lodge. Similar arrangement to left of barn/granary with adjoining 2 bay structure with 2 cambered arches, formerly lodges for 10 fatting oxen and left side wing which has 9 semicircular arches including 2 doors 1 blocked. At time of survey most of the roof of this block was missing. This wing formerly comprized fodder room, store room for grain for fatting hogs, lodges for 20 fatting oxen, lodges for 10 cows, calf pen and terminated in a slaughterhouse with adjoining steaming house and cistern for hogmash, to the rear of this wing was a series of pigsties and kennels for Spaniels and Pointers. The interior throughout has scientific king posts which is an early use of this form in farm buildings. The barn/granary has some reused domestic timbers. Good C19 cast iron and wood stall partitions. (See Rev A Young "Review of the Agriculture of Sussex 1813" M Hole "The Model Farm at Sheffield Park "Panehill Historical Parish Magazine" Vol 3 No 1 1986.
Listing NGR: TQ4119824453
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 297119
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Young, Reverend Mr A, Review of the Agriculture of Sussex 1813, ()
Hole, M, Panehill Historical Parish Magazine in The Model Farm at Sheffield Park, Vol. 3, (1986)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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