Barnaby Farmhouse

RISHANGLES TM 16 NE 4/43 Barnaby Farmhouse - II Farmhouse. C16, in 2 or more phases, a service wing to rear forming L-shape plan. Front range has parallel rear addition of 1948. Timber framed and plastered, the ground floor of the facade cased in whitewashed brick. Pantiled roof except inner slope of rear wing which is plaintiled. The roof at the junction of the 2 sections shows signs of alteration. 2 storeys with attic in front range. 3 windows, old casements to first floor, mid C20 casements under segmental arches to ground floor. Mid C20 panelled entrance door. External stack, probably C17, against left gable end. Service wing has various casement windows and an internal stack with plain red brick shaft. Maid room in front range has cross-beamed ceiling, the bridging beam with evidence for short braces to the wallposts; very heavy, closely-spaced plain joists. Open fireplace in gable end. Chamber above has some good studding in rear wall and long solid braces to the central tie beam. Roof over this section is a replacement of c.1700. Right hand room of front range is entered by a 4-centre arched doorway with leaf-carved spandrels, apparently in situ. Open fireplace with mutilated embattled lintol. About 1 metre behind the stack is a bridging beam with broach stop-chamfers. Upper floor has plain studding. 3-bay chamber behind stack with 2 cambered open tie beams, one arched-braced, the other with no evidence for bracing. Wind-braced clasped purlin roof.

Listing NGR: TM1683468007