Three Barns And Covered Gateway Adjacent At Hill Farm (45 Metres To East Of House)

FLAMSTEAD LITTLE WOOD END TL 01 SE 4/36 Three barns and covered - gateway adjacent at Hill Farm (45M to E of house) GV II

Three barns and a covered gateway. Hay Barn at S early C17, Straw Barn at N mid C17, Wood Barn in middle late C17 with Gateway to N dated 'SL WL 1820 JC' on tie beam. Timber frame on low red brick sills, dark weatherboarded with steep pitched roofs now covered in slates except Hay Barn in corrugated iron. An L-shaped range of tall unaisled barns facing into yard on W with a gateway between the middle and north barns. Straw Barn at N of 4 bays with a gabled W porch to 2nd bay from N and opposed double doors. Swept jowled bay posts, unjowled mid-bay posts. Long curved braces to tie-beams. Straight inclined queen-posts to single purlins (no collars) where principal rafter reduced in section. 2 bays Gateway with S bay open and simple purlin roof. Wood Barn immediately to S of gateway of 3 bays with gabled W porch to middle bay. Cyma shaped jowls to posts, unjowled mid-bay posts in end bays, long curved braces to tie-beams, convex curved queen-posts to support single purlin in each slope (no collars). Simple splayed scarf joint to purlin at mid-bay. Series of numbered joints noticeable. Hay Barn extends to W from S end of Wood Barn and pre-dates it. 4-bays with gabled N porch to 2nd bay from W. Jowled bay-posts, unjowled mid-bay posts, mid-height rail jointed in-line. Long curved braces to cambered tie-beams. Single heavy purlin to each slope. Slightly convex-curved queen-posts support purlin (no collars). Square-butted scarf joints. Winnowing door to rear of porch-bay. Pitching doors at rear in other 3 bays. W end internally plastered to half height as if for storing grain.

Listing NGR: TL0553614011