BARN AT TQ 829 449

HEADCORN MAIDSTONE ROAD TQ 829 449 (East side)

7/84 Barn at TQ 829 449 5.3.85 II

Barn, now house. C15 with C18, C19 and late C20 alterations. Timber framed, weatherboarded, on stone plinth, with plain tile roof. At right-angles to road. Three timber-framed bays with front and rear aisles. Full-height central entrance to north, to which porch with hipped roof added in C18. Mid C19 nearly full-height entrance inserted to south. C19 lean-tos to right and left. Hipped roof. Interior: principal posts with cut jowls, arch- braced to tie-beams and arcade plates. Rafters trenched for lapped collars, re-ordered with side purlins in C18, and with ridge piece inserted later. Mortices for curved passing shores to aisles; trench remains in north-west aisle tie. Most of wall studding replaced. Evidence for studs between nave and south aisle. Grooving for infilling to gable ends of nave and aisles. Scribed carpenter's marks. Stop-splayed edge-halved scarf joint. Covered yard erected to south 1866-98 and demolished 1984.

Listing NGR: TQ8294044954