Barn 40 Metres South East Of The Hyde Farmhouse

BLACKMORE

TL60SW MOUNTNESSING ROAD 723-1/2/39 (West side) Barn 40 metres south-east of The Hyde Farmhouse

GV II

Barn. Late C17. Timber-framed, weatherboarded, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 3 bays aligned NE-SW, with midstrey to SE. C19 lean-to extension in E angle, roofed with corrugated iron. C20 lean-to extension in S angle, roofed with handmade red clay tiles as a catslide with the roof of the midstrey. Entrance to midstrey closed with weatherboards; plain boarded small door, and C20 casement above C20 halved double doors to NW. INTERIOR: hardwood frame. Unjowled posts, primary straight bracing. The studs below the girts are tenoned and pegged. Above the girts only the braces and main studs are tenoned and pegged. Red brick plinth in English bond. Face-halved and bladed scarfs. Straight tie-beams, raking struts, joggled butt-purlin roof. The tie-beam to SE of the threshing bay has failed and has been repaired with timber; the consequential spreading of the wallplates has been remedied with timber splints on the NE wallplate. 3 of the original 4 arched braces to the tie-beams remain. Inserted floor in NW bay.

Listing NGR: TL6108800215