Buildings Recording And Investigation at Holiday Farm, Hinderclay

The Level 2 Building Recording took place in November 2021. Survey drawings of the floor plan and exterior elevations of the barn were prepared and supplied by Thurlow Architects in advance of a Planning and Listed Building application Ref: DC/21/06209 & DC/21/06210. These drawings were presented as an appendix within to the Recording Report. For the purposes of the Level 2 building recording, the existing survey drawings were overlaid with relevant information. The Heritage Assessment produced for the original application was included as an appendix to the Recording Report for supplementary purposes. The Heritage Assessment report includes historical documentary evidence, a cartographical regression study, and a study on the architectural and historical development of the site and buildings. Comprehensive photography was carried out during the building recording survey. An indexed list of the photographs used for illustrative purposes within the report was produced. For clarity, bays and trusses were assigned a specific code for identification and location purposes. The Level 2 Building Recording consists of a descriptive written, photographic and drawn record of the barn. Holiday Farm Barn dates to the latter part of the 17th century (possibly as late as c.1700). The 5-bay threshing barn has a central threshing floor and formerly contained a 19th-century west-facing midstrey. The barn appears to have originally contained loft floors on both sides of the threshing floor. The exterior of the 5-bay threshing barn was originally rendered. Sections of the original daub and lime render on laths have survived. Plaster was also applied to the interior panels between the studwork of the barn. Both the interior plaster and exterior render were lime washed. There are hexafoil apotropaic marks evident on the surviving internal plaster panels. The studwork is diagonally braced and the jowls on the principal posts are much less pronounced than earlier barns. Straight transverse bracing was applied to the principal trusses. The assemblage and carpentry quality of the barn is of a lower standard which is very typical for the period.