The Cow Barn, Approximately 70 Metres East Of Lambourne Hall

TQ 4696-4796 LAMBOURNE CHURCH LANE, 7/18 The Cow Barn, approx. 19/5/75 70 metres E of Lambourne hall

GV II

Barn, late C16, converted to a house 1983. Timber framed, weatherboarded, some red brick, stretcher bond, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 5 bays aligned approx. N-S with midstrey to E of central bay. Single-storey lean-to extension in SE angle, of red brick, stretcher bond, roofed with C20 red clay Roman tiles, 1983. External chimney stack at N end, 1983. Large windows to W, 1983. Timber frame partly exposed internally. Heavy studding, primary straight tension braces combined with arched braces to wallplates, an unusual structure. Edge- halved and bridled scarfs in wallplates. Jowled posts, arched braces to straight tiebeams, inclined queen posts shaped to decorative jowled profile at the tops, a rare feature. Clasped purlins with straight wind bracing. Extra posts on the W side of the middle'bay indicate that originally there were large double doors here, now infilled and weatherboarded. Empty mortices on the E side indicate that the midstrey has been added after initial construction. In the conversion to a house, approaching completion in July, 1983, the 2 S bays have been divided into 2 storeys, the middle bay is open to the roof, the 2 N bays have been ceiled at first floor level, without access to the upper floor.

Listing NGR: TQ4785496193