Barn About 25 Metres South Of Little Pagehurst

STAPLEHURST THORN ROAD TQ 74 SE (North side)

3/176 Barn about 25 metres South of Little Pagehurst

GV II

Barn, formerly oast-house, now house and store. C17 origins, with later alterations and later C19 kiln. Barn timber-framed, weatherboarded. Kiln red and grey brick in Flemish bond. Outbuilding brick to ground floor, weatherboarded above. Plain tile roofs. Barn of 2 timber- framed bays, that to right very narrow. Square kiln added to right end. Outbuilding attached to right of kiln, gabled to front. Barn roof hipped to left. Pyramidal roof to kiln, with cowl. Rendered porch with hipped plain tile roof, inner double doors and arch-braced outer opening, to narrow right bay of barn. One small casement to kiln and another to gable end of outbuilding. Ribbed door to ground floor of outbuilding. Lean-tos to rear, left gable end, and front of barn. Interior: only partly inspected. Barn with gunstock-jowled posts and arch-braced tie- beams. C19 clasped purlin roof re-using C17 rafters. Threshing-floor braces to left side of midstrey. Part of former barn wall with staves and lath-and-plaster infilling above midrail. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: TQ7711043288