Site of medieval manor house at Bushett Farm (EHER 80138)

Excavations in August 2017 uncovered two distinct phases of occupation at Bushett Farm, including foundations relating to 16th, 18th, and 20th century phases of the manor house.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Bushett Farm (NAT). <1> Bushett Farm is a late 15th century hall house with 16th and 17th century additions. Said to have the remains of the original hall roof construction. Grade II. <2> <3> April 1975. Field survey. Bushett Farmhouse was demolished about 1970, and a barn now stands on the site. The house is that shown on the OS 25" at TL 67302837. <4> 2017. Excavation. Excavation showed evidence for a building on the site with multiple phases of development and occupation. No indication could be seen of the probable earlier hall house that was likely to have existed on the site. This may at least partly be due to truncation from later phases of construction. Walls were discovered that were attributed to four phases of construction these were from the 16th century through to the 20th century. The earliest physical evidence for a building was the discovery of a stone foundation located at the south eastern end of the excavation area and dated to the 16th to the 17th centuries. This was superseded by a brick structure most probably sometime in the 18th century. The second phase of construction or alteration was carried out in the 17th to 19th centuries. At this time the farmhouse would have grown and altered in form. Indications of this phase of work can be seen at the very north west end of the excavation areas where walls which would have formed the northwest end of the property were found. A third phase of construction occurred during the 19th century when a boundary wall was added to the north east corner of the plot and a fireplace and rear boundary wall were added to the south-west end of the building. The latest phase of construction relating to the farmhouse occurred during the 20th century when internal divisions were added to the north-east end of the building. <5>