Barn At Wynbarns Farm

BRENTWOOD

TQ69NW CHELMSFORD ROAD, Shenfield 723-1/6/263 (North West side) Barn at Wynbarns Farm

GV II

Barn. C16, extended in C17 and C19. Timber-framed, weatherboarded, roofed with machine-made red clay tiles. 5 bays aligned NE-SW, and C17 midstrey to NW of middle bay. C18/19 lean-to extensions in N angle, forming a catslide with the main roof. Two C19 lean-to extensions along the remainder of the NW side. All the lean-tos and the midstrey have similar tiles. Large double doors to midstrey, in defective condition, and C19/20 smaller double doors to SE of threshing bay. High loading door in NE gable end. INTERIOR: jowled posts, arched braces trenched outside heavy studding, and inserted straight braces inside studding. Arched braces to tie-beams, some replaced, and additional C19 bolted handing knees. Edge-halved and bridled scarfs in wallplates. The wallplate over the midstrey is butt-jointed above the adjacent bay posts. Some additional posts and tie-beams at irregular intervals. One original tie-beam in SW part reported missing, concealed by hay bales at time of inspection, August 1989. Clasped purlin roof with vertical queen struts. Roof retiled c1946 after war damage.

Listing NGR: TQ6118895854