Site of Medieval moat, Faulkners Hall (Falconers) (EHER 1096)

Moated site on the site of Falconers.

Moated site, site of Falconers. <1> Falconers or Fawkeners was a prebendal manor. Name is probably associated with John le Faukoner (1276). The site still exists, north of the church though little of the moat remains. Walker map shows the moat clearly, connected by a ditch to the Vicarage moat. Falconers moat is square, contains a large courtyard complex. By 1623 Falconers manor had been combined with Bowers. <1> <2> <3> As well as in 1276, Falconers also mentioned 1412, 1578. <4> Early medieval complex of timber-framed buildings now forming L-shaped barn because of ancient additions to main structure, at Faulkner's Hall. Alterations to barn use probably in late 15th- early 16th century when timber frame of west wing seems to have been added. <5> <6> In 1993 the barn was recorded by the RCHME. <7> The report contains plans and photographs aswell as detailed description of the building. Summary: the north range of the barn at Faulkner's Hall contains five posts, an arcade plate, an arcade brace and a number of other reused members from an aisled hall of the second half of the 12th century. The aisled range was re-erected and the posts shortened probably in the 16th century when it was integrated into the structure of the newly erected barn at the south of the range. The aisled range consisted of at least three bays, with a two bay hall and a single bay at the south end. The structure of the aisled range was altered in the 16th century and replaced in a piecemeal fashion during the 18th and 19th centuries. <7> No new information from NRHE