Information for record number MWA8737:
Crofts Farm, Alveston, Stratford on Avon

Summary Crofts Farm incorporates buildings dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. They include barns, a granary and a stable block. The Farm is located to the north west of Alveston Pasture.
What Is It?  
Type: Farm, Barn, Granary, Stable
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Stratford upon Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 22 53
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Listed Building (Grade: II)
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 A farmstead remodelled in the later 18th or early 19th century, within a relatively short period of time. It consists of a farmhouse, a large threshing barn, a granary, a stable block with a large feed loft over it, several loose boxes, a cart shed and a smithy.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Crofts Farm, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Richard K Morriss
Date: 1998
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designation Listed Building Buildings and structures, such as bridges, that are of architectural or historical importance are placed on a statutory list. These buildings are protected by planning and conservation acts that ensure that their special features of interest are considered before any alterations are made to them.

Depending on how important the buildings are they are classed as Grade I, Grade II* or Grade II. Grade I buildings are those of exceptional interest. Grade II* are particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Those listed as Grade II are those buildings that are regarded of special interest.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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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 FARMHOUSE * The main dwelling-house of a farm, it can be either detached from or attached to the working buildings. back
monument FARMSTEAD * The homestead of a farm consisting of a farmhouse and working farm buildings, with yards, other working areas and usually a garden to the house. back
monument THRESHING BARN * A barn usually containing a single, central threshing floor. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument CART SHED * A building used for housing, and protecting from the weather, carts, waggons and farm implements, often open-fronted. back
monument PASTURE * A field covered with herbage for the grazing of livestock. back
monument LOOSE BOX * A separate compartment for livestock in which they are free to move about. back
monument CROFT * An enclosed piece of land adjoining a house. 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 GRANARY * A building, or first-floor room in a building, for the dry and secure storage of grain after it has been threshed and winnowed. 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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