Brick Barn And Shelter Shed At Finches Farm (130 Metres To South South East Of Farmhouse)

TL 32 SW 4/19

BENINGTON TOWN SCHEME (south side) Brick Barn and Shelter Shed at Finches Farm (130m to SSE of farmhouse)

GV II

Barn and shelter shed attached. Early/mid C17 barn, late C18 shed. Barn of red brick in irregular bond with flint panels in W gable and weatherboarded top to each gable. Steep old red tile roof to 2 porches and adjoining main roof but roof now largely of corrugated sheets. A tall unaisled 8-bay barn facing S with 2 gabled porches, in 3rd and 6th bays. High external plinth. Added buttresses to W corners of barn. Vent-slot in each bay with oak lintol. Unusual composite construction with shallow bay posts rising against wall from brick bases with curved braces to cambered tie-beams (all but 3 posts cut off below braces). Butt- purlin roof with 2 purlins to each slope, staggered in line. Collar beam trusses with inclined queen-struts above and below collar. Numbered joints. Face-halved bladed scarf joints in rear wallplate under tie-beam ends. 5-bay shelter shed running S from SE corner of barn, open to yard on W, and with a flint rear wall with brick piers, which is a feature along Whempstead Road to E. Red brick wall at S end is a fragment of a C17 brick barn now destroyed by fire. Steep pitched roof now of corrugated iron. Clasped purlin roof with inclined queen-post and cambered tie-beams. Edge halved scarf joint in front arcade plate carried on square posts.

Listing NGR: TL3059923213