2014

SU9344 : Old granary at Home Farm, Peper Harow

taken 11 years ago, near to Peper Harow, Surrey, England

Old granary at Home Farm, Peper Harow
Old granary at Home Farm, Peper Harow
The building is generally described as a granary, but when this was a working farm - in the days of horse traction - the ground floor must surely have been used as a cart shed.

The Surrey volume of 'The Buildings of England' (compiled for the most part by Ian Nairn) has this to say:
'GRANARY, probably of c.1600, the style and dimensions of a good-size market hall. . . . One of the best vernacular buildings in the South of England'.

Personally, I am reminded of TL6130 : The Guildhall, Thaxted

Another remarkable survival is the cobbled surface at the entrance to the farmyard, which looks as if it has seen a few centuries come and go. I didn't think to take a close look at the material used, but it is plainly very tough - perhaps local ironstone.

For a view of the building from the far side of the farmyard, see: SU9344 : Granary at Home Farm, Peper Harow

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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Peper Harow Farm [7] · Surrey Volume [3] · Generally Described as a Granary [2] Other Photos: · Granary at Home Farm, Peper Harow ·
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Stefan Czapski   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 25 February, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 27 February, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 9345 4417 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:11.3475N 0:39.8506W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SU 9344 4414
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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