Stables At Stanstead Bury Farm 20 Metres North Of Farmhouse

TL 41SW STANSTEAD ABBOTS ROYDON ROAD (north side) Tarbets Hill 6/8 Stables at Stanstead Bury Farm 20 metres N of farmhouse

GV II

Barn converted to stable and carthouse in C17. C16 altered in early C17, later shortened at N end. The building appears in an engraving c1700 of Stansteadbury when it had an elaborate N gable and 5 dormers in the roof. A timberframed single-aisled barn now shortened to four and a quarter bays. Heavy jowled posts raised on individual wooden pads on short brick piers. Straight braces to the arcade-plate (to W aisle) which has an edge-halved splice with bridled butts. Clasped-purlin roof with straight wind- braces. Angled queen-strut trusses with deiminished principals but without collars. Steep-pitched roof now covered in slates. Iron vane on S gable. 2 bays at S converted to stable with inserted floor for loft. Stable pavior floor to stalls but old pitched floor of small pebbles to passage on W side. C17 brick walls to stable part interrupted by main posts. Similar walling on W side of N part but faced externally in C19 brickwork. N end trunacated and clad in weatherboarding. E face at this end open as carthouse. Door and 2-windows to W side of stable.

Listing NGR: TL4012511128