Barn Approximately 20 Metres North West Of Butler'S Farmhouse

TL 770 377 GREAT YELDHAM 4/30 Barn approx. 20 metres NW of Butler's Farmhouse II Barn, c.1600, altered in C18/19. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with corrugated iron. 5 bays aligned E-W with midstrey to N. Roof hipped at both ends. Jowled posts, curved tension bracing trenched inside heavy studs, short edge-halved and bridled scarfs in wallplates, clasped purlin roof with curved wind bracing. The C18/19 alterations comprise the addition of the midstrey, the replacement of arched braces to the tiebeams by hanging knees, and the construction of a base wall of red brick in English bond approx. 0.90 metre high. There is some fire damage to the studs in the 2 eastern bays of the S wall; the E end of the roof is charred but structurally undamaged.

Listing NGR: TL7705237704