Oakley House Barn

TG 40 NW 4/10003

ACLE REEDHAM ROAD (east side) Oakley House Barn

II

Stable, now outbuilding. Dated 1758. Later additions and alterations. Red brick in English bond with reed thatch roof 4-bay range. Single storey. Two blocked doorways beneath segmental arches, one later doorway beneath a rough segmental arch, one original ventilation loop and, to right, a C20 garage doorway. This opening incorporates the right-hand reveal of an original window. Rear has 4 blocked ventilation loops. Left end has 4 ventilation loops and 2 blocked windows with former segmental arches. The gable contains the limestone datestone inscribed 1758 GRM beneath a tiny segmental arch and, above it, lozenge-shaped honeycomb ventilation. Gable parapet with tumbling-in and semicircular apex. Similar right end has 6 loops and shaped owl hole above. The ventilation loops are of distinctive design, each loop forming an I with serifs and median notches. Interior: Roof of 3 tie-beams with straight braces onto wall posts with ovolo-moulded terminals. 5 pairs of principal rafters with collars: only the central truss corresponds to a tie-beam. 2 tiers of wedge-tenoned butt purlins.

Listing NGR: TG4019609758