Level 2 building recording by Heritage Network of barns at Bulimers Farm, Writtle, Chelmsford, 2013 - EEX61161

Level 2 building recording of outbuildings (a cartlodge and seven barns) at Bulimers Farm in advance of conversion to residential use. Information from NRHE: Site code: WRBFB12. As the result of an archaeological condition on planning consent for the conversion to residential use of a number of outbuildings at Bulimers Farm, Writtle Chelmsford, Essex, the Heritage Network was commissioned to create a record of the buildings. A farmyard bounded by buildings is located to the south-west of the farmhouse. It is illustrated on the Chapman and Andre© survey of 1777, and on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 25-inch series map of 1874. Cartographic evidence, obtained for the historic building record of the 18th century barn immediately to the north-east, shows that the south-western end of Building 2 was constructed between 1843 and 1874, while Buildings 3 and 3a were added between 1874 and 1896 (Figure 11). Building 2 appears to have been extended to the north-east at the same time. Buildings 4 and 5 date to between 1920 and 1939 and Building 6 is of more recent construction. The cartlodge may originally have been erected before 1843 but has been subject to alterations and rebuilding during the 19th and 20th centuries. Accession no: CHMER:2012.282. Information from OASIS Online Form.