Lower Barn is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 2001. Stable.
Lower Barn
- WRENN ID
- plain-stronghold-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 2001
- Type
- Stable
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Barn is a stable built in the mid-17th century, likely in two phases. It is constructed of brick in English bond and features a pantile roof. The gables are coped with simple brick pinnacles at the top, and the west end has well-preserved moulded brick kneeler corbels. The building has a rectangular plan oriented east-west, with an entrance at the rear in the farmyard to the north. It is two storeys high and contains two ground floor rooms, including a smaller tack room at the east end. The yard-facing side has two doorways and window openings on both floors, with the upper window on the right retaining its original frame and wooden mullions beneath a wooden lintel, while the left window is likely similar. The road-facing side features a loft door and other blocked openings.
Inside, there are bridging beams, with the one in the tack room having chamfer stops, along with timber mangers. The roof consists of a single set of butt purlins, collars, straight wind bracing, and coupled rafters, with tie beams only at the gable ends and center. This building is a rare example of a purpose-built stable from this period.
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