South Barn And Adjoining Stables At Priory Farm House (60 Metres South Of House)

TL 4215 WIDFORD HIGH STREET (east side) Widford village

6/7 South Barn and adjoining stables at - Priory Farm House (60 metres S of house)

GV II

Barn, and stables. Early C18 extended and reroofed in C19. Timberframed and black weatherboarded on a low red brick sill. Very steep gabled roof now covered in corrugated grey tiles. Originally a symmetrical 3-bay barn with double doors central on the S, and a low winnowing door in a bay projecting as a small aisle on the N. Unjowled posts with long curved braces to the tie beams and numbered and pegged joints. Thin clasped purlin roof reconstructed when barn was extended l-bay to W to provide a trap-house with double doors on S and small pitching door to loft over. Dividing wall now removed and lean-to outshuts added on N, to W of original aisle. A pidgeoncote with perching ledges outside occupied the apex of the E gable, Early C19 timberframed and black weatherboarded low stable range with hipped slate roof, laid with vent gaps, extends N from E part of barn, enclosing the yard. An historic timberframed group of former farm buildings. Part of a group with the West Barn and the house. Important in views within the Conservation Area.

Listing NGR: TL4204915855