During the late 18th century a three storey farmhouse was constructed on the site. It was of red brick, roughly ‘L’ shaped in plan with a classically symmetrical frontage. All three of the trenches excavated were dominated by the remnants of the footprint of this latest phase of building. The remains comprised external and internal lime mortared brick foundations and brick barrel vaulting which covered a cellar area.

Exterior wall foundations along the north of the building were identified, generally orientated roughly east-north east - west-south west with short lengths of returning walls orientated north west-south east. A doorway was evident towards the north east of the building in the northern wall which accessed a barrel vaulted cellar. A short length of external wall foundation was also recorded which may represent the south of the building. This was built on lower stone foundation. Photographs and drawings of Manor Farm prior to its demolition show a doorway part way along the southern wall of the west wing and a further door may well have been present on the eastern wall of the east wing.

The evidence from the evaluation trenches suggest the ground floor of the building was split into six rooms. The east wing was split into one large and one smaller rectangular room orientated north-north west - south-south east with a square room to the south. The west wing was made up of two east-north east - west-south west orientated rectangular rooms at the centre of the house and a further square room at the west of the house.

An internal wall was orientated north-north west - south-south east, continuing on at the southern end. Returning walls ran from it to the east and west, orientated east-north east - west-south west. The wall was built on top of limestone blocks which may have been reused from a previous building. Pottery recovered from the fill of the cut of the foundation has been identified as 18th century white and brown salt glaze ware and coarse earthenware. A sherd of 16th century yellow ware was also recovered but this may be residual. A sondage excavated next to some foundations showed their base to be over 1.2m below the level of the surface of the excavation. Two further internal walls were recorded during excavation which were much less substantial. These were both in the northern room of the west wing of the building, approximately 1m apart orientated roughly north-north west - south-south east.

The western section of the house, the northern foundation wall is known from photographs of the building to have been singlestorey and this was evident from the foundation which was significantly less substantial than those for the rest of the building, being only a single brick length thick. It is thought that this room was a washing room. These foundations were sat on further stone foundation. A brick box drain was recorded to the north of this which probably took away water from a down pipe. The fill of this contained 19th century roof tile and 18th/19th century pipe stems. A further box drain was recorded at the west of the building. It contained pieces of undated roof tile. Flat stone surface at the west of this part of the building may have been part of a floor or later foundation.

Although the room layout of the ground floor of the house is recorded there was no evidence to suggest what each room was used for. Chimneys are known to have been built into the south east wall, north east walls and the west side of a further wall but no remains of chimney bases/fire places were identified.

The remains of a barrel vaulted cellar were identified below the northern part of the east wing of the building. This was entered from the north through a gap between two walls. It appeared to have ran below the two most north easterly rooms in the house split into at least three rooms by two springer walls and an east-north east - west-south west orientated wall.

Two pad stones recorded on either side of the entrance to the cellar suggest it may have had a small decorative portico style entrance. Steps or a ramp must have led down to this entrance from the north. This vaulted cellar was backfilled with 1950’s demolition layer.

Two small circular features were to the west of this entrance. These features were cut through 18th century deposits and may have been garden features or the base of scaffolding used in the construction or maintenance of the building.

A further wall recorded at the south of the site similarly orientated to the south of the building may be a retaining wall constructed at the same time as the house to landscape the south of the site.

R. Parker and J. Winfer, 2015, Toton Unearthed, Toton, Nottinghamshire: Report on an archaeological evaluation on the site of 'Manor Farm' at Toton Manor Farm Recreation Ground, June-July 2014 (Unpublished document). SNT5917.