manor farm acre historic site greater london incorporates medieval farm complex main old barn dating 13th century farm house 16th nearby remains bailey castle believed date shortly norman conquest england original site dated 9th century ownership site passed cambridge 15th century remained point included sale gift people recognised member need conservation site continued working farm site restored funding heritage area london borough events regularly held 13th century rest site history origins remains bailey castle seen today moat bank site today moat site scheduled monument believed extended create oval area wooden castle covering foot foot built presumably landowner given control manor shortly norman conquest recognition loyalty castle believed built appear book demolished changed significantly finished parish owned normandy time prior built home site surrounded moat 16th century remains bailey site gardens built moat extension filled farmed site moat shape presence traces fortified building allowed site dated 11th century castle believed built demolished changed significantly appear castle book farm buildings date 13th century great barn prominent barn second largest structure middlesex great barn constructed english oak nearby built design known barn smaller shoots run alongside main supports underneath main roof ownership studies english_heritage found site originally functioned court hall working farm main building built existing structures possibly accommodate new manor speaker house_of_commons study concluded likely achieved team known 19th century ownership farm passed rest cambridge remain titular king completed surveys manor ownership built locally produced bricks tiles timber 16th century served court court held work 18th 19th centuries saw windows replaced extended kitchen installed kitchen extension replaced general refurbishment house nearly demolished early 1900s way new development planned partnership town planning competition won suggested symmetrical design parish seen total new homes built martin church example historical architecture left outline map new development proposal public november objections inquiry followed february required negotiations landowners allow planning scheme compiled presented february adaptation original plan received approval september roads residential housing park way completed outbreak world war construction work halted resumed plan substantially scaled work slowed decade protection local woods redevelopment eventually confirmed january visit member choose buildings selected old public house priest house local church woods centre manor square included sold land district february sold old included gift people king wished present wood gift required act receive payment trustee land contributed cost urban district council argued use land recreational day outside district year lease council agreed maintain wood ensure new buildings constructed permission county council area wood south included lease agreement residential roads later constructed cart sheds lane leading farm removed year purchased plot land site continued working farm following year local council began sell land surrounding buildings housing developments presented land site future public hall trust passed urban district council sole use council obliged built smaller barn built 16th century converted library opened november original destroyed fire rebuilt exhibition centre archaeological excavation carried discovered remains old beneath house bailey surrounded restoration site refurbished funding april work completed june following year included renovation grade listed library borough wide programme london borough duck pond market began great barn december following refurbishment runs month included original restoration work received grant march enable refurbishment comparable structures medieval farm complexes survive nearby area surviving moat park traces moat survived great barn
Manor Farm, Ruislip