Barn At Boyles Court Farm

BRENTWOOD

TQ59SE DARK LANE, Great Warley 723-1/8/139 (West side) 05/09/88 Barn at Boyles Court Farm (Formerly Listed as: DARK LANE (West side) Barn at Boyles Court Farm)

GV II

Barn. Dated I White 1774 on porch middle rail. Refaced in late C19. Timber-framed, part weatherboarded. C19 brick out-shut to S and imitation timber-framing to porches, peg-tiled roof. Rectangular plan. S front elevation to courtyard, 2 symmetrical waggon porches, central late C19 bell cupola and clock turret with lead dome. Waggon porches have decorative ogee braced studding over 2-leaved doors. Brick out-shut has, from E to W, stable door, simple 3-light window, waggon porch, simple unglazed window opening, C20 door of 1930 style with contiguous unglazed window opening, waggon porch, 3-light window, boarded door. Rear, N, elevation, late C19 facade decorated in Norman Shaw style to be seen from Boyles Court. Weatherboarded with large central window with arched head under cornice hood, central mullion and transom, glazed with glazing bars, 6x5 panes, either side two similar half-depth windows with key stone decoration, 6x3 panes, to E and W ends, upper round window each with four keystones and 4-paned casement window. Below, window under cornice hood, E with glazing bars, 3x3 panes, W glazing replaced by 3 simple vertical panes. W, end elevation rendered with mock timbering above. C20 double garage doors, timbering continues into brick out-shut. D-shaped window with glazing bars in gable, 5x2 panes. E end similarly treated, ground floor has 4 casement windows in 2 pairs with glazing bars, 2x4 panes. INTERIOR: C18 timber-frame in softwood of 7 bays, midstreys in bays 2 and 6. Queen post roof with joggled side purlins and butted rafters with collars dropped between queen posts and short raking struts from posts to principal rafters. Framing braced by knees, tenoned and pegged to posts, plates and tie-beams. Interior part floored at half height. The barn and the stables (qv) form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ5784891443