Summary

Tractor shed and apple store, probably built in the mid-1930s.

Description

Tractor shed and apple store, probably built in the mid-1930s.

MATERIALS: The roof is thatched with Norfolk reed and the walls are constructed of red brick.

PLAN: The building is rectangular on plan and one-and-half storeys in height.

EXTERIOR: This rectangular-plan building is composed of two parts: a tractor shed to the south, and an attached apple store to the north. Both have thatched roofs of Norfolk reed with an ornate ridge; the ridge line of the apple store is approximately 0.5m lower than the attached tractor shed. The walls are constructed of red brick laid in English bond over a brick plinth, and there are two substantial buttresses to the each of the east and west walls at the south end of the tractor shed and at the junction with the apple store. The windows have a moulded brick mullion and transom forming four leaded lights, the upper lights of which have pointed arches. The tractor shed and apple store have two and one window bay respectively to their east and west sides. The south gable of the tractor shed has a four-centred pointed brick arch containing a four-leaf garage door, each leaf having narrow vertical panels, and it retains its original door furniture. The door rolls back into the building on a runner along the west wall and is very similar to that on the west gable of the machinery shed (dated 1934). On the north gable of the apple store, a four-centred pointed arch contains a door with narrow vertical panels and also retains its original door furniture. Over the door there is a pointed-arch window opening containing a leaded light to the mezzanine of the apple store. To the north of the building is a brick retaining wall, around 1m high, between the apple store and the raised lawn to the north, owing to the sloping topography of the site.

INTERIOR: The two rooms are open plan, and the windows retain their original window furniture.

History

The tractor shed and apple store 10m north of Burefield are part of the property of Burefield (NHLE 1494727). They date from the period in the 1930s when the main house was extended and other ancillary service and garden buildings were erected in a picturesque style. Although undated they are no later than 1938 when they were surveyed for the Ordnance Survey map published in 1941.

For a more detailed history of Burefield see NHLE 1494727.

Reasons for Listing

The tractor shed and apple store 10m north of Burefield is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Architectural interest:
* as an estate building, developing on the cottage orné style favoured for the earlier buildings at Burefield and the waterside chalets in the northern Broads;
* for the architectural quality of its elevations, and the high proportion of survival of original windows, doors and fixtures;
* for its strong vernacular quality and craftsmanship, employing locally sourced Norfolk reed and moulded brick.

Historic interest:
* as evidence of the evolving social, ecological, sporting and recreational history of the Broads in the late C19 and C20, and the increased demand for a quieter life in the countryside during the C20.

Group value:
* for the historic and functional group it forms with Burefield, a holiday cottage built around 1911 and extended as a family home in the mid-1930s, and its numerous estate buildings including a barn, moon gate and garden wall, car garage, tennis court, machinery shed, boat shed 65m south of the house and summerhouse, each listed at Grade II.

Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)