Site Event/Activity record ESF21269 - Barn at Shelland Hall Historic Building Record

Shelland Hall lies in open countryside approximately 2 km north-east of Rattlesden village. The timber-framed and rendered former farmhouse is listed at grade II and dated to the 17th century in the Schedule but may be earlier. During the 1839 tithe survey the farm was a tenanted holding of 114.5 acres on the estate of the Tyrell family who owned most of Shelland parish. The barn to the south-west of the house is a substantial timber-framed and rendered structure of six bays which is separately listed at grade II and was built in circa 1640. The English Heritage inspector was unable to gain access but rightly suspected it to date from the 17th century. Despite several modern alterations, the timber frame is unusually well preserved, with a full complement of wind-braces to its intact clasped-purlin roof and most of its tie-beam braces. Much of the exterior is now rendered in cement but large areas of original wattle-and-daub with external roughcast render survive within a series of later lean-to sheds adjoining the southern elevation. The remains of an inserted partition suggest the eastern bay was converted into a stable during the 18th or 19th century. The contemporary southern porch is unusual as it was designed to extend the length of the threshing floor at the back of the building rather than as its principal entrance (which lay in the opposite wall to the north). Rear porches of this kind are common in the 19th century but rare in the 17th century. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. RAT 038 Sitecode RAT 038 Planning Application No. Mid Suffolk 4131/08 Planning Application No. Mid Suffolk 4132/08 Project Type: Building Recording Methods and Techniques: Measured Survey, Photographic Survey, Survey/Recording Of Fabric/Structure Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPS Current Land use: Other 2 - In use as a building Monument Type(s)/Period(s): BARN Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None PROJECT LOCATION Area 167.96 Square metres Grid Reference: TL994597 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Edward Martin Director/Manager: David Gill Supervisor: Leigh Alston DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: RAT 038 Contents: other Media: Images raster / digital photography, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: RAT 038 Contents: other Media: Correspondence, Report BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Barn at Shelland Hall, Rattlesden, Suffolk, RAT 038, Historic Building Record Author(s)/Editor(s): Alston, L. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: A4, comb bound, white cover with colour photograph, two appendices with accompanying CD of photo record (also available as a pdf)