Main Range Of Farm Buildings At White Cross Farm

SE 21 SE WOODHOUSE LANE SE 2571 1283 Clayton West

2/71 Main range of farm buildings at White Cross 29.3.65 Farm (formerly listed with the farmhouse q.v.)

G.V. II

Range of form buildings. Main barn of at latest C17 origin. Cladding and rest of buildings probably 1757. Coursed rubble. Quoins. Stone slate roof. The main barn has square headed cart entry with datestone 'WW 1757'. Outshut to left, later doorways to right. To right at 90°, is part of a further range of buildings now demolished. Set back, to left, and lower is an addition with pig sties at rear, and stone outside stair, to 1st floor, on left gable wall. To rear a square headed cart entry opposite that on front.

Interior of main barn is of 4 bays with 4 trusses on posts, one set in wall. The jowelled posts, on stone footings, are set well within the stone walls giving an aisle to each side. Sockets in posts possibly for aisle ties. Posts are braced to arcade plates and to tie-beams. The upper parts of the trusses appear to be C19.

Listing NGR: SE2571312789