Granary 13 Metres North Of Arnold'S Farmhouose

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TQ69NW ARNOLDS FARM LANE 723-1/6/454 (West side) Granary 13 metres north of Arnold's Farmhouse

GV II

Granary. C17. Timber-framed, weatherboarded, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 3 bays aligned approximately NW-SE. C19 ancillary building attached to W, not of special architectural or historic interest. Single storey. Supported on 8 piers of red brick in English bond, original. Plain boarded and ledged door in NE side, with a ladder of 3 treads below. A slatted vent in this side is a C19 alteration, the sill and stud below it of softwood. Blocked original window in middle of SW side, with 3 diamond mortices for the mullions of an unglazed window, sill replaced. INTERIOR: hardwood frame of high quality, fully jointed and pegged. Unjowled posts, heavy studding, primary straight bracing. 2 face-halved and bladed scarfs in NE wallplate, one in SW wallplate. Some hair plaster infill between the studs in NW and SE walls. The 2 internal tie-beams each have a branching spur tie on each side, fully jointed and pegged to the tie-beam and with a barefaced lap dovetail to the wallplate; only the SE of the 2 has queen struts to the collar. Clasped purlin roof, rafters of horizontal section halved and pegged at the apices, with bird- mouthed intermediate collars in the bays. This is a rare survival, and has been little altered, meriting special care.

Listing NGR: TQ6314196828