| Manor Farm | |
|---|---|
 The Great Barn, built around 1280[1] | |
  Location within Greater London | |
| General information | |
| Classification | Grade II and II* listed buildings |
| Location | Ruislip |
| Town or city | Greater London |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°34′42″N 0°25′42″W / 51.578206°N 0.428451°W |
| Completed | 13th century |
Manor Farm is a 22-acre (8.9 ha) historic site in Ruislip, Greater London.[2] It incorporates a medieval farm complex, with a main old barn dating from the 13th century and a farm house from the 16th. Nearby are the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle believed to date from shortly after the Norman conquest of England. Original groundwork on the site has been dated to the 9th century.
Ownership of the site passed to the King's College, Cambridge in the 15th century. The Great Barn and Little Barn were recognised by a member of the Royal Society of Arts in 1930 as in need of conservation, and in 1931 Manor Farm was included in the sale of Park Wood as a gift to the people of Ruislip. The site continued as a working farm until 1933, and is now run as a community resource by the London Borough of Hillingdon.
Throughout 2007 and 2008, the site was restored with funding from the National Lottery, and has become a heritage area for the London Borough of Hillingdon. Manor Farm is within the Ruislip Village Conservation Area.[3] Events are regularly held within the 13th-century Great Barn and around the rest of the site.
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