Information for record number MWA1306:
Medieval building, Lower Radbourn

Summary A barn which has built into it stone pillars which possibly came from the Medieval church at Lower Radbourn when it was ruined. It is situated 1km north of the Fish Ponds at Lower Radbourn.
What Is It?  
Type: Building, Barn
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Radbourn
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 44 58
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 A hovel at Upper Radbourne Farm is constructed with four pillars, splayed at the top to support the roof. These look ecclesiastical and could have come from the ruined church.
2 Open spaces between pillars have been bricked up in order to make a barn. In 1975 the owner was proposing to knock down the barn, but (as far as I know) has not yet done so.
3 Eight fairly short pillars supporting the roof of a stable block. The owner said that they were brought from Radbourne church. There does not appear to be any threat of demolition.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Descriptive Text
Title: The Radbournes
Author/originator: Usher H
Date: Unknown
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: Record card
Author/originator: HJU
Date:
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: SMW
Date: 1979
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 790
   
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Glossary

 
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument POND * A body of still water often artificially formed for a specific purpose. Use specifc type where known. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BARN * A building for the storage and processing of grain crops and for housing straw, farm equipment and occasionally livestock and their fodder. Use more specific type where known. back
monument STABLE * A building in which horses are accommodated. back
monument HOVEL * A rough shelter or dwelling, sometimes used to house cattle. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back

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