Description:

This is part 1 of a collection of photographs from a variety of sources which together illustrate the history of the buildings, fields, farming practices and occupants of Turnastone Court Farm from the end of the nineteenth century to recent times. Part 1 shows photographs of the farmhouse and farm buildings numbered 1 to 9 on the Buildings Plan below.

Turnastone Court Farm Buildings [part 1]

Plan of the Turnastone Court Farm with locations and approximate construction dates of the various buildings, prepared by Archenfield Archaeology as part of a comprehensive survey in 2004. 

Turnastone Court Farm from the air [probably 1950’s]

Turnastone Court Farmhouse [Building 1 on the plan] ?1960s

Turnastone Court Farmhouse [Building 1 on the plan] ?1960s

The farmhouse garden, looking west with the Granary [building 2] in the background; 1965

The farmhouse garden looking east towards Vowchurch; c 1965

The farmhouse garden looking south west, with the barns [buildings 4, 8, 14 & 15] in the background; c 1965

The farmhouse and garden, looking east towards Vowchurch; 1963

The Granary [building 2] 2004

Garage and pens [building 3] 2004

Garage and pens [building 3] 2004

Garage and pens [building 3] 2004

Garage and pens [building 3] 2004

Garage and pens [building 3] 2004

Building 4 north side, with doors to the threshing bay; 2004

Building 4 detail of north side; 2004

Building 4 west gable end exterior; 2004

Building 4 interior west gable end; 2004

Building 4 west truss of threshing bay; 2004

Building 4 north frame of bay to west of the threshing bay; 2004

Building 4 pigs in bay west of the threshing bay

Building 4 Posts – south frame and west gable; 2004

Building 4 south frame; 2004

Building 4 south frame, west bay; 2004

Building 4 threshing floor; 2004

Building 4 threshing floor; 2004

Building 4 west gable end and later door; 2004

Building 4 detail of south-east post of the threshing bay; 2004

Building 5 South frame; 2004

Building 6 internal north frame; 2004

Building 6 intermediate truss; 2004

Building 6 south post of the intermediate truss; 2004

Building 6 west end [internal]; 2004

Building 6 south side; 2004

Building 6 threshing bay; 2004

Building 6 west end; 2004

Building 6 west gable end interior; 2004

Building 6 west gable end exterior; 2004

Building 7 exterior; 2004

Building 7 interior; 2004

Building 8 south side; 2004

Building 8 east gable end; 2004

Building 8 north side; 2004

Buildings 8 & 4 south side; 2004

Building 9 north threshing bay door; 2004

Building 9 blocked slots; 2004

Building 9 east gable end; 2004

Building 9 trusses; 2004

Building 9 trusses; 2004

Building 9 truss near threshing bay; 2004

Building 9 ventilation slots; 2004

Building 9 west gable end interior; 2004

Building 9 west gable end interior; 2004

Building 9 west gable end exterior; 2004

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