Farm Out Building To The North West Of Newborough Hall Farm House

SK 12 NW 512-/11/10001

NEWBOROUGH HOLLY BUSH ROAD Farm out building to the north-west of Newborough Hall farm house.

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Farm outbuilding. C17, or earlier, with C18, C19 and C20 additions and alterations. Timber framed, with much of the lower framework subsequently and intermittently replaced by red brick. Staffordshire blue tile roof North-west elevation. Single story with over lofts, five bays, formerly of close studded timber-framed construction, three panels high, with principal posts defining the bays, and with intermediate posts at half bay intervals. The wall framing now survives only in the upper part of the north-west side wall, with plastered brick in-fil, and with angle bracing between posts and wall plate. The central bay is narrower than the flanking bays, and has a segmentally arched doorway which interrupts the line of the lower rail. To the south-west, two inserted windows below surviving fragments of the original lower frame rail, one a 2 light casement, each light of 6 panes, the other a 9 paned fixed light. Between, a blocked inserted opening. Half bay to south-west end contains near-complete framing. South west gable, with jowelled corner points, principal rafters and collar beams; empty pegholes indicating position of removed frame members. Low, hipped roof lean - to houses C19 sawmill machinery, formerly water-powered. Interior. Near-complete roof structure, comprising 4 queen strut trusses supporting trenched double purlins, and with some longitudinal straight bracing to the upper purlins. Transverse bracing from jowel posts to tie beam soffits. Central two trusses formerly infilled, with additional vertical struts to the centre of the truss. The building has to the south-east of Newborough Hall moated site, millpound, fishpond and connecting channels; a scheduled monument (National Monument number 13505) and the water supply to the sawmill machinery was drawn from the moat and pond network now within the monument area.

Listing NGR: SK1341525837