Barn Approximately 60 Metres South South West Of Great Bardfield Hall

TL 6730 GREAT BARDFIELD BRAINTREE ROAD (west side)

8/117 Barn approx. 60 metres south-south-west of Great Bardfield Hall

GV II*

Barn. Early C14. Timber framed, weatherboarded, main roof of corrugated asbestos, midstrey roof of handmade red clay tiles. 7 bays aligned NNW-SSE, 2 aisles, midstrey to E of third bay from N end. Jowled posts, heavy studding, arched braces trenched inside studs. Trait-de-Jupiter scarfs in arcade plates, arched braces to arcade plates. Some posts and aisle ties have oblique trenches for passing-braces from the wallposts to the tiebeams. Others have raking shores with short aisle ties from the shores to the posts. Some aisle ties are jointed to the wallplates by reversed assembly. One tiebeam replaced in C19/C20. Grooves for original infill of wattle and daub. Walls concreted between studs to a height of one metre. Arched braces to tiebeams. Anomalies In the structure indicate that it is mainly of the early C14, with some rebuilding not later than the C16.

Listing NGR: TL6773230184