Information for record number MWA9395:
Pitts Farm, High Cross, Rowington

Summary A timber framed house built during the Post Medieval period with a kitchen wing added in the 19th century. It contains two hearths, one with a local stone surround. There is a barn also from the Post Medieval period. It is situated at High Cross, Rowington.
What Is It?  
Type: House, Timber Framed House, Barn, Hearth
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Rowington
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 20 67
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Listed Building (Grade: II)
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Pitts or Park Farm is of three bays and the house has very large ceiling timbers, well finished. There are two wide hearths, one with a local stone surround. There is an old nail studded front door and a similar, but finer, door internally. The front external timbers are now hidden behind pebble dash. A kitchen wing was added in the 19th century. The barn is 16th century. Occupation information is noted from 1548. The building is marked as No. 8 on the 1550 - 1650 map in this book.
2 Pitts Farm is a timber-framed house of c.1600 with open-timbered ceilings and wide fire-places. It has an old nail-studded front door and a contemporary barn.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: From Hroca to Anne being a 1000 years in the life of Rowington
Author/originator: Joy Woodall
Date: 1974
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 3, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1945
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 3
   
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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 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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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
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 PARK * An enclosed piece of land, generally large in area, used for hunting, the cultivation of trees, for grazing sheep and cattle or visual enjoyment. Use more specific type where known. back
monument HIGH CROSS * A churchyard or memorial cross set on a long shaft. back
monument KITCHEN * A building or room where food is prepared and cooked. back
monument HEARTH * The slab or place on which a fire is made. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. 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 TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE * A house constructed with a basic timber framework; between the members are panels which can be infilled with timber, wattle and daub, plaster, brick or other materials. 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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