Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 2052: summary

Historic building recording at Wells Farm, Ivy Barn Lane, Margaretting, Essex, CM4 0PU:March 2024
by Xander Smith & Sarah Veasey

Date report completed: May 2024
Location: Wells Farm, Ivy Barn Lane, Margaretting, Essex, CM4 0PU
Map reference(s): TL 64802 02431
File size: 4,993 kb
Project type: Historic building recording
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Summary. A programme of historic building recording was carried out by Colchester Archaeological Trust at Wells Farm, Ivy Barn Lane, Margaretting, Essex in March 2024. Two buildings were surveyed which represent the remains of a thriving historic farmstead. The oldest of the structures recorded was a four-bay threshing barn, the frame of which contained some unusual scarf-joints and numerous carpenter’s marks. The brickwork and some of the carpentry techniques in the frame indicate a construction date in the 17th century for the threshing barn. Map regression of the farmstead shows how the farm buildings changed and expanded over a 200-year period. However, many of these structures have subsequently either been demolished or substantially rebuilt.