Broadoaks Farmhouse (EHER 189)

Mid 16th century red brick moated manor house.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Remaining part of a large moated brick manor house built about 1560 and altered in the eighteenth century. The remaining building was the north block of the original house. The south front is largely modern. <1> - <6> Broadoaks Farm, in fairly good condition, contains the remaining part of a large moated brick manor house built about 1560 and altered in the 18th century. Originally E-shaped, only the upper arm of the E survives. Grade II*. <7> - <9> Broadoaks Farmhouse (formerly listed as Broadoaks Manor House) The remaining part of a large 16th century moated brick manor house with many original features (RCHM 16), Listed at Grade II*. <10> 1975. Field survey. Broadoaks Manor (nameplate) as described. Outstanding. Published 1:2500 survey revised. <11> 2003. Dendrochronology survey. Dendrochronology dating undertaken. This site is unusual in that a number of rather short sequences have been successfully dated. This has largely been possible as a result of the replication of samples and some longer series establishing a robust working site chronology against which each series could be cross dated. Interestingly, the longest series, from the ex situ floorboards, do not give good crossmatches with the other material from the same phase, perhaps suggesting a different source for the timbers used for boards from the main structural timbers. This study establishes that the roof over the chapel bedroom and the floor and frame in the central section of the house are exactly contemporaneous. The interpreted most likely felling dates, when combined, suggest the most likely felling period. For these timbers is 1572-94, but the information from sample BMW10 suggests that the earliest few years of this period are the most likely felling time, and hence construction date. This sample has sapwood rings out to the bark edge, but the inner rings had separated from the core, and it is possible that some rings were lost between the innermost 2 rings remaining on the core, and the other section. The most likely period of felling of these timbers therefore is likely to be 1572 or the few years following this date. <8> See also: <13> <14>