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These images are of our early investigations.

We know that some of the features in the landscape have been there for many centuries, but could turn out to be several thousand years old.

Some of the buildings in St Ives, although looking like simple outbuildings have features that are more in keeping with dwelling places, while other features on the Estate seem a little out of place are probably linked to the wealth of the landowners in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Friends and Archaeologists are seen here surveying the roof of St Ives Mansion, and its surroundings, for clues on dates and historical features, as well as looking for old long gone features in the parched grass below.
Friends and Archaeologists are seen here...


 This old building lies in the bottom meadow in St Ives Estate. What was it used for during its lifetime? This is one of the buildings that we are hoping to restore in the future.
This old building lies in the...


 This Chalice and Patten is a very old symbol that is set into what is believed to be the oldest part of the mansion in St Ives. What does this indicate?
This Chalice and Patten is a...
This double cross carving found in the gable end of the Coach House building is to be investigated. We know the letters stand for William and Fanny Ferrand, and 1900 is the date of the building. Inside on the roof timbers there is a mention the death of Queen Victoria carved by the joiners.
This double cross carving found in...


 How old is this part of the building? Could it be part of the monastic buildings?
How old is this part of...


 Is this really an ancient packhorse bridge, or is it part of a grotto errected using reclimed stone in the Victorian period?
Is this really an ancient packhorse...
This building housed a waterwheel for many years, but the wheel was dismantled in the 1960’s. It is part of the Farm buildings belonging to Home Farm and water still runs through it. Would it be feasible to see it restored back to its former glory?
This building housed a waterwheel for...


 This water garden feature, now know as Baxters pond, was partially cleared by John Baxter a few years ago to try to bring it back to its former glory as it had become silted up over many years of neglect. Some clearing is still to be done in the near future.
This water garden feature, now know...


 This is possibly part of an early Grange. Ghosts of nuns have been seen here…
This is possibly part of an...
Cross Gates Barn. How old is this building? We are investigating its age and what it has been used for during its life. One of its more obvious features is the dovecote shown here, so it was possibly to provide fresh pigeon to the table of the mansion.
Cross Gates Barn. How old is...


 White Coates has some very interesting archaeological features in the masonry leads us to believe that it may have been a dwelling some 300 years ago long before it became a barn. We do know, from his great great granddaughter who contacted us via our web site with a paper cutting on his death, that a George Thomas Chell who worked as a farm bailiff for 20 years and was living at White Cote in 1915. But this may have been in buildings alongside the present one that have long since gone.
White Coates has some very interesting...


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