Listed Building record MDR5213 - Former threshing barn, Unthank Hall, Unthank Lane, Holmesfield
Type and Period (2)
- CRUCK BARN (Elizabethan to Victorian - 1589 AD? to 1900 AD)
- THRESHING BARN (Elizabethan to Victorian - 1589 AD to 1900 AD)
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Full Description
Barn at Unthank Farm, with 4 cruck frames with tie beams, collars and yokes, set on stone plinths . (1-2)
A barn at Unthank Hall has 4 or 5 sets of crucks and an external threshing floor. (3)
This is a long stone threshing barn with a stone-flagged roof supported on five massive cruck trusses each with yoke, collar and tie beam. The barn is still in everyday agricultural use. Cruck apex tpe L1. Eight samples were taken from timbers in the barn in order to carry out tree ring analysis. This provided a felling date of 1589/90. (4, 5)
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SDR11504 Index: NDAT. 3701. 3701.
- <2> SDR8885 Article in serial: Marston, F. 1967. 'Cruck frames of Derbyshire; an interim report', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 87, pp 117-122.
- <3> SDR3540 Bibliographic reference: Bunker, B. 1970. Cruck Buildings: An Opinion as to their Origin and Dating. LS 728.6. p9.
- <4> SDR4471 Unpublished document: Nottingham University Tree-Ring Dating Laboratory. Dendro Sample Record and Summary. Initial Report 25 March 1992.
- <5> SDR21031 Bibliographic reference: Nottingham University Tree-Ring Dating Laboratory. 1993. 'List 49. Nottingham University tree-ring dating laboratory results: Derbyshire, Peak Pak and RCHME dendrochronological survey, 1991-92', Vernacular Architecture. Volume 24, pp 43-44.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 3067 7603 (10m by 49m) Centre |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HOLMESFIELD, NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Jan 17 2024 4:07AM