Barn About 50 Yards South-West Of Rectory Farmhouse

CROWLE CP LOWER CROWLE SO 95 NW 6/29 (23/15) Barn about 50 yards south- west of Rectory Farmhouse 14.3.69 GV II

Barn. c1600, extended mid-Cl7. Timber-framed with brick infill on lias lime- stone rubble plinth, plain tiled roof. Three plus three framed bays aligned east/west, both having central wagon bays with opposed cart entries and double doors; older barn is situated to east. Framing: older part has four panels from sill to wall-plate, short straight braces across lower corners of two outer panels beneath tie-beam at east gable end; collar and tie-beam gable end trusses with two collars, five struts to lower collar, three struts to upper collar and V-strut in apex. Upper two rows of infill panels and also east gable end panels have header ventilation patterns. Later addition has three panels from sill to wall-plate, long straight braces in lower corners of west gable end and, above a collar and tie-beam truss with three long vertical struts to upper collar, small raking struts in lower corners and a V-strut in the apex. Interior: two tiers of trenched purlins throughout; older part has two intermediate collar and tie-beam trusses with raking struts in the lower corners and upper collar, whilst the intermediate trusses in the addtion have long vertical struts to the upper collar at the base of which are angle struts to the lower tier of purlins. A C20 outshut beneath a catslide roof adjoins the two central bays on the north side.

Listing NGR: SO9304856202