Description:
Tudor Farm dates from circa 1600 and was acquired by East Shires Preservation Trust after it had been empty for about a decade. During repair, painstaking inspection of every frame member was essential to ensure maximum retention of the remaining historic fabric. The external limewash pigment was colour matched to a fragment discovered below the eaves. Windows were glazed with leaded lights, with opening casements formed in re-rolled wrought iron. The roof was covered with hand-made clay pegt1les. manufactured from local clay, to give the characteristic buff colour of Cambridgeshire. lnternally, some late 16th century wall decoration was discovered behind 19th century plaster, and English Heritage agreed to fund a specialist conservator.