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Latitude: 52.1061 / 52°6'22"N
Longitude: -0.2758 / 0°16'32"W
OS Eastings: 518182
OS Northings: 246714
OS Grid: TL181467
Mapcode National: GBR H3Y.WLX
Mapcode Global: VHGN0.5BK8
Plus Code: 9C4X4P4F+FM
Entry Name: Onion House and Cart Shed
Listing Date: 18 November 1999
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1379822
English Heritage Legacy ID: 479250
ID on this website: 101379822
Location: Lower Caldecote, Central Bedfordshire, SG18
County: Central Bedfordshire
Civil Parish: Northill
Traditional County: Bedfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bedfordshire
Church of England Parish: Caldecote All Saints
Church of England Diocese: St.Albans
Tagged with: Architectural structure
TL 14 NE NORTHILL MANOR FARM, Lower Caldecote
(South, off)
348/4/10001
Onion House and Cart Shed
II
Onion house and cartshed. Mid C19, reroofed later C19. Softwood framing with weatherboard cladding and Welsh slate roof, formerly thatched. 2 storeys. 4 x 2 bays. Cartshed has square posts with struts, on stone pads. North and east sides are open, the other sides weatherboarded. Upper storey has several drying floors, all slatted. North, south and east sides have 3 tiers of ventilation flaps, hinged vertically. West side has two. South side has 2 taking-in doors, the north side one. East and west gables have similar doors in the peaks.
This is a specialised type of crop storage and processing building, unique to the area, and relates to the predominant crop in the period c1850-c1900.
Listing NGR: TL1818446715
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