Site of post-medieval farm buildings, Blue House Farm (EHER 19584)

Now destroyed. The earthwork remains of post-medieval farm buildings, yards and boundaries, were recorded to the West of Blue House Farm during a survey in 1999. Notably, a large rectangular platform may be the site of a barn.

March-May 1999. Fieldwalking survey. A group of farm buildings, yards and enclosures stood to the West of the farmhouse (EHER 81669), reaching their maximum extent in the 1840s, and still standing in 1897. However, by 1924, only the farmhouse remained while all the ancillary buildings and yards had been cleared. Only a triangular-shaped garden on the SE side of the house remained. When visited in 1999, it was noted that earthworks mark the site of the farm buildings, yards and boundaries. The most obvious feature is a rectangular platform 21.0m by 13.0m and 0.4m high, the site of a large building; perhaps a barn. Slight scarps mark former divisions between yards. All other features appear to present demolition and levelling deposits. At the Northern end, sites of two buildings lie partially under the present farm approach track. <1>