Barn Approximately 35 Metres North Of Secretaries Farmhouse

BURES HAMLET WATER LANE TL 9034 (north side) 5/53 Barn approx. 35 metres north of Secretaries Farmhouse GV II Water Lane is wrongly shown on the O.S. map as Brook Street. Barn. C17, altered in early C19. Timber framed, weatherboarded, base walls of red brick, roofed with slate. 5 bays aligned approx. N-S, with midstrey to W. Open shed in SW angle with hipped slate roof. Low-pitched roofs, with large louvred lantern at middle of ridge. Jowled posts, heavy studding, primary bracing in walls, straight braces to tiebeams, fully pegged construction in hardwood to wallplate level. Roofs rebuilt in softwood in early C19, with ridge-pieces, for the low pitch of slate. The barn is shown in plan on an estate map of 1796 by John Kingsbury, in the possession of the owner. The single-storey range to the W which has been altered to residential use is of less historical interest.

Listing NGR: TL9045634099