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Model Farm Engine House
Hob Uid: 1091765
Location : Oxfordshire South Oxfordshire Shirburn
Grid Ref : SU6955397168
Summary : Engine house and attached buildings at Model Farm, situated 15 metres south south west of the farmhouse. The engine house was constructed in 1856, has two storeys, built in flemish bond brick with a Welsh slate roof. It has a covered way and also contains a sawing shed, carpenter's workshop, boiler house and thrashing and chaff-cutting rooms. The attached buildings form a T plan and comprise a woolstore or granary over cartsheds with a central sheaf room and processing or storage block. There was a rickyard to the rear of the engine house. The buildings are part of the Home Farm complex, part of the Shirburn Castle Estate.
More information : Listed. For the designation record of this site please see The National Heritage List for England. (1& 3) In 1857 Lord Macclesfield built a model dairy farm on his Shirburn estate. It had both open and closed yards and a steam engine to power both farm and estate yard machinery. It survives essentially intact. (4)

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Source details : DOE (HHR) District of South Oxfordshire, 3 August 1987, 59
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Source details : Oxfordshire (May 1987)
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Source details : English Heritage. 2012. â€˜English Heritage: The National Heritage List for Englandâ€™, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1182651 [Accessed 25-OCT-2012]
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Constructed 1856
Monument End Date : 1856
Monument Start Date : 1856
Monument Type : Engine House, Carpenters Workshop, Storehouse, Threshing Barn, Chaff House, Granary, Cart Shed, Yard
Evidence : Extant Building, Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : Unified Designation System UID
External Cross Reference Number : 1182651
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 248990
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 69 NE 27
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Relationship type : General association

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