Barn Workshops (Hertfordshire County Council) (30 Metres To North East Of Sunbury Hill Farm)

KINGS LANGLEY WATFORD ROAD TL 00 SE (West side) Langley Lodge 7/170 Barn Workshops - (Hertfordshire County Council) (30m to NE of Sunbury Hill Farm)

GV II

Barn and cowhouse, now workshops. Later C17 barn, early C17 cowhouse. Timber frames on red brick sills (renewed) dark weatherboarded with steep old red tile roofs. A tall 5-bay barn with continuous added side-aisles orientated E-W with projecting gabled porches to N and S and lower 6-bay cowhouse attached to SE corner and running N-S. The barn has unjowled posts, mid-height rails tenoned in-line, long straight braces to cambered tie-beams, inclined queen-post trusses with clasped purlins and diminished principals. Face-halved bladed scarf joint in wallplate over each post but squint-butted scarf to purlin. Angle ties in porches. Roof continued down over rear contemporary aisles with single purlin propped from aisle ties fixed to faces of posts. Remains of unusual raised threshing floor of wide planks carried on irregular timbers with carefully notched cross-battens between, supported on cross timbers and red brick piers (survey report by KLLHMS 1978 before part demolition of floor). Older cowhouse has unjowled posts but curved braces to cambered tie-beams and inclined queen-post clasped-purlin roof. Face halved bladed scarf joints in wallplate over posts.

Listing NGR: TL0630201536