Barn Range At Bridle Ways

A range of two barns, now used as a garage and store, located at Bridle Ways in Langley End. The eastern section dates to the late 16th or early 17th century, while the western section is of the 17th century. The structure is timber-framed with low brick sills, dark weatherboard cladding, and steep roofs covered in old red tiles. The eastern part is a tall three-bay barn, with doors facing south in the middle bay, and a further door at the rear of the same bay. It has a clasped-purlin roof featuring a collar and queen-strut gable truss. A partition was added in the western bay during the 20th century. Cast iron lattice casement windows are set within the upper parts of the walls. The wider western section, comprising four bays, has the lower part of its south side open upon brick piers, and the lower portion of the rear wall has been stripped of cladding, providing views over the countryside. Features include swept jowled posts, long straight braces to heavy cambered tie-beams, and long inclined queen-posts that support a single clasped-purlin in each roof slope. It has old flat rafters. Two-light cast iron lattice casement windows are located in the ends and upper walls of each bay. Markings on the west gable, in the form of a V-shaped roof truss outlined with white painted boards, are believed to be from a scheme designed by E.L. Lutyens around 1911, when the barn range was incorporated into the Hill End estate (now Langley End).