Hampshire Treasures
Volume 6 ( East Hampshire)
Page 129 - Farringdon
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| Description and Date | Remarks | Protection | Grid Ref. and Punchcard No. | |
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| Group A - Natural Features | ||||
| Trees |
Farringdon Place. Variety of species including yew, ash, oak, cedars and limes. | T.P.O. No. 34 E.H.D. |
SU 712 352 1606 40 |
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| Trees |
Manor Farm. Over one hundred beech and larch trees known as Jubilee Clump. | SU 705 358 1606 44 |
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| Group B - Archaeological Sites and Remains | ||||
| Bronze Age | ||||
| Beaker |
Gravel Pit, Lower Farringdon. Beaker found September 1938. Cruciform design on the base, of which only two examples are known. Now in Alton Museum. O.S.A. No. SU73 NW5. | SU 704 354 1606 38 |
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| Roman | ||||
| Coin |
Cruck Cottage. Sestertius of Trajan found 1936. Now in Alton Museum. O.S.A. No. SU73 NW32. | C.A. |
SU 711 353 1606 37 |
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| Post Norman | ||||
| Park Pale |
Encloses area centred around Park Cottage. Best preserved along, and to the north side of Woodside Lane. Interior now arable land. Centred on grid reference. | SU 701 360 1606 01 |
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| Manor |
Manor House. Present structure built on site of old Manor House. Chapel of the Bishops of Exeter reputed to have stood at east end of 'Chapel Orchard'. | SU 711 355 1606 39 |
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| Group D - Buildings, Monuments and Engineering Works. | ||||
| Church C.12/13 |
All Saints. Enlarged and restored in 1858. West Tower C.13 with lancets below and unusual bell openings in the form of small pointed quatrefoils. Two good perpendicular windows in nave separated by brick porch. Gilbert White, the naturalist, was curate here from 1760-1785, and one of the parish registers contains entries in his handwriting. O.S.A. No. SU73 NW8. Ref: 1. V.C.H., Vol. 3, pp.21-2. Ref: 2. Buildings of England; Hants. and I.O.W., (Pevsner & Lloyd), pp.230-1. | T. & C.P. Act C.A. |
SU 712 354 1606 02 |
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| Farmhouse C.17/18 |
Street House Farm. 2 storeys. Red brick with two bands of blue brick. Long ridge tiled roof. Plain sash windows. Core probably a timber-framed structure. | T. & C.P. Act |
SU 705 349 1606 36 |
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