Barn About 15 Metres South West Of Boughton Monchelsea Place

Barn. Dating from the 15th or early 16th century, with alterations in the late 18th or early 19th century, the barn is timber framed, with some sections in red brick in a Flemish bond. The north section of the west aisle wall is weatherboarded, while the south gable end sits on a stone plinth and is also weatherboarded. A return wing has a south wall partly weatherboarded and partly with exposed timber studs and red and grey brick infilling on a stone plinth. The roof is covered in plain tiles. The barn comprises approximately eight timber-framed bays, with side aisles, an end aisle to the south, and possibly also to the north. A further two or three bays to the north were likely added or rebuilt in the late 18th or early 19th century. A single-storey section, possibly a 16th-century addition, extends eastwards from the south end of the east elevation of the main barn. The main barn has a steeply pitched roof, hipped with a gablet to the south and half-hipped to the north. Six hipped dormers are present on the west slope of the roof, along with two deep eaves dormers and one smaller dormer with small paned lights above the carriage entrance. There are three small roof dormers on the north side, one with a multi-paned two-light casement, one boarded, and one louvred. The carriage entrance, roofed as far as the arcade plate and with the aisles discontinued, is located in the fifth timber-framed bay from the south. Midstreys are situated in the second and seventh bays from the south; the latter has a bracketed canopy, and the former a low lean-to roof. The single-storey section has a pair of rendered gables facing east on the north elevation. A lower two-storey addition to the north end is timber framed, with broadly-spaced studs and brick infilling, and has a half-hipped plain tile roof. Inside, the barn was only partly inspected and is largely floored. Features include gunstock-jowled posts, arch-braced to tie beams and arcade-plates, and a crown-post roof, though few original crown-posts remain. Original studs and bracing are visible in parts of the aisles. An edge-halved scarf joint is present on the arcade plate. There is a late 18th or early 19th century roof with staggered butt purlins and king posts to the north end. The barn, along with the single-storey wing, is shown on a print dating from around 1720. This barn demonstrates group value through its historical significance and intact rural features.