Barn And Attached Former Cowhouse At Little Kendals Farm

The following building shall be added:-

RADLETT TQ 19 NE WATLING STREET (West Side, off) 7/300 Barn and attached former Cowhouse at little Kendals II Farm.

Barn and attached cowhouse. Late C18, the cowhouse of later build; later alterations. Timber-framed with weatherboard cladding ; plain tile roofs. 5-bay barn with central opposed cart entries ; lower, 3-bay, cowhouse attached to west end. Barn : some old weatherboard on south side and to 2 eastern bays on north side. Doors removed. Added midstray on south side in dilapidated condition. Added outshuts flank cart-entries on each side ; those on south side are under catslide roofs, that on right (east) C19 ; the other outshuts are later and not of special interest. Cowhouse: north and south sides each have a stable door to centre bay and a small window to west bay ; west (gable) end has a later stable door. Interior : barn: timber frame is complete, having: sole plate ; unjowelled wall posts with long slightly-curved braces to tie-beams ; queen strut to principal rafters; staggered butt purlins; old rafters (no ridge-piece). Walls have narrow panels and long raking braces. Bays 2 and 4 have later purlins and intermediate collars, nailed in place. Cowhouse: collared queen-strut roof trusses; through purlins; old rafters (no ridge-piece). Later stall partitioning and board lining of walls.

Listing NGR: TQ1664498156