Open Sided Barn At Tongswood Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1996. Barn.

Open Sided Barn At Tongswood Farm

WRENN ID
guardian-porch-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1996
Type
Barn
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TQ 73 SE HAWKHURST WATER LANE (east side) 1351/10/10005 Open-sided barn at Tongswood Farm

GV II

Open-sided barn, probably hay barn for making silage. Late C19, part of Tongswood Farm, a model farm built for William Gunther who raised prime bulls for export to Argentina. Rectangular structure with base of red brick in Flemish bond and superstructure of timberframing with pattern of diagonal braces and half-hipped tiled roof. It is built into the side of a hill and has two small wooden doors at the top and a large entrance at the bottom. The grass would be brought in at the lower end and shovelled out at the upper end when well rotted and the open sides were designed to let out the resultant gases. This building played a major part in the raising of the bulls.

Listing NGR: TQ7750030802

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