NHER 52574 (Monument record) - Rectory Farm

2008. Building Survey.
The building is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance survey map, but is absent from the tithe map of Crimplsham, which suggests that the building dates from the period 1845-1880. The building was hit by bombs jettisoned from Short Stirling T-Tommy of 218 Sqaudron on the night of 28th August 1943. The bombs caught fire and ignited the farmhouse and outbuildings (S1). The extent of the damage is difficult to determine as both the farmhouse and the northern barn are shown as complete structures on contemporary aerial photographs (S2). No trace of the northern barn remains today, although it is marked on the 1995 Ordnance Survey Landline data, indicating that it survived well into the post war period.
The west and north walls are comprised of modern brick, with a metal profile sheet roof. There are two stable type doors in the north wall, and an up-and-over garage door on the western wall. The southern and eastern walls comprise a mixture of chalk, carstone, flint, brick and ceramic to varying height, with modern brick above.
No internal fixtures or fittings survive.
See (S3) for further information
H. White (NLA) 8 December 2008