Grove Farm, Harleston Road, Linstead Magna, Suffolk: Level 3 Historic Building Recording

Drawn record The drawn record is based on existing plans provided by Alan Stannard Planning Agents. This element includes items 2-3 of the Historic England guidance regarding 'the drawn record'. The drawings include annotated elevations and floor plans of the buildings. These figures also record the form and location of any structural features and/or detail of historic significance including any evidence for former fixtures and fittings. Other illustrations to support the historical analysis and survey are also provided. Existing measured elevations and floor plans with photo location points have been used to illustrate the report. Photographic record A digital photographic record has been compiled. Photography has been undertaken with a Canon 600D 20mpx TTL digital camera, encompassing photography items 1-9 of the Historic England guidance (HE 2016). The photographic record includes general views of the buildings, shots of the external appearance and the overall appearance of principal spaces and functional areas. Specific architectural details that relate to date, alteration, or function have been subject to more detailed photographic recording. Where surviving, external or internal detail (structural or decorative) relevant to the building's design, development and use has been photographed, with scale where appropriate. The photographic survey comprises digital images of the building and specific features of interest. Selected images have been converted to .jpeg format for use in the report. Appropriate levels of Metadata will be maintained and included in the digital archive following the approach set out in the aforementioned guidance. Appropriate scales are located in most archive photographs. However, where appropriate (i.e. where scaling can be seen from items within the view, or shots that may be used in publications) photographs without scales have also been taken. Written record The Level 3 written record is analytical in its composition and includes the building location, the dates of the record and the name of the recorder. The written record is intended to supplement and support the other elements of the recording to provide additional descriptive analysis of the building in terms of its architecture, setting, construction, development and use. The written record includes a brief summary of the building's historic and architectural context, based upon the site inspection and the historic research. The record includes a detailed description of the exterior and interior of the buildings, and important features such as fixtures and fittings. The components of the written record are in-line with Items 1-3,6-9, 11-13 and 23 of the Historic England guidance (HE 2016). Historic research A programme of historic research was undertaken to enhance overall understanding of the history and development of the buildings. This has been informed by secondary sources consulted online at the Suffolk Archives and the Suffolk County Council 12 Grove Farm, Linstead Magna, Suffolk - Historic Building Recording � Cotswold Archaeology Historic Environment Record (HER) as well as accessible published online sources. The report includes a map regression to illustrate the development of the building. Report and archive The archive will be compiled in accordance with the standards contained within MoRPHE guidance (HE). This record comprises the illustrated report presenting the results of the work, in addition to catalogued digital photographs. Copies of the report and metadata will be uploaded to the OASIS online repository (which publishes to the Archaeology Data Service). Site Visit A site visit was completed on the 25 April 2025 by Fraser White, Historic Buildings Consultant at Cotswold Archaeology; this consisted of three main elements: a drawn, a photographic and a written record.