Old Farm Buildings At Bancroft Farm Enclosing Three Sides Of A Yard

TL 32 NW COTTERED BACK LANE (B1037) (north side) HARE STREET

3/5 Old Farm Buildings at Bancroft Farm enclosing 3 sides of a yard.

GV II Farm buildings enclosing 3 sides of a yard. N range a late C16 barn with C18 rear aisle: W range a late C16 barn with C17 and C18 extensions in line to S as stables: S range a late C18 shelter-shed open to yard with a hay loft over. Oak timber frames on red brick sills (higher in barns), tarred and weatherboarded with steep old red tile roofs patched with machine made tiles. A courtyard group, abutting the road to S, of traditional farm buildings of the former Broom Farm (farm house now Broom Manor a little to E, q.v.) now amalgamated with Bancroft Farm across the road in Ardeley parish. 3-bay barn in N range has stepped-jowled posts and inclined curved queen-posts in clasped-purlin roof without collars, mortices for wind-braces at E end, numbered joints, and double doors in middle bay facing S into yard. Long curved braces inserted when studs of back wall removed to form C18 rear aisle under a catslide roof. W gable opening for tractors. 3-bay'barn in W range has swept-jowled posts and inclined queen-posts in clasped-purlin roof without collars. Central double doors on E with eaves raised at head. C17 2-bay stable on S of same height as barn, has mangers and hay rack along rear wall, a stable-door to yard, and a door to C18 2- bay stable at SW corner. 4-bay shelter-shed in S range backs onto road and has a high gable door at E into hayloft over carried on axial beams. Boarding and some joists removed from loft floor. A picturesque roadside group with Broom Manor.

Listing NGR: TL3096628590