Knighton Farm, 2 Barns And Linking Range, Approximately 40 Metres North East

COMPTON BEAUCHAMP KNIGHTON SU28NE 5/85 Knighton Farm, 2 Barns and linking range, approx 40 metres north east

GV II

Barn. c.1700. Timber frame on random bond brick plinth; north wall of uncoursed sarsen and chalk rubble; south wall and gable end are weatherboarded; Entry to right: hipped roof. Interior: Queen-post truss with additional flanking posts; butt purlins; arch braced from post to tie beam and (at a higher level) from post to wall plate. Barn at right angles to above. Late Late C16/C17. Timber frame on later C18 English bond brick plinth on sarsen footing; weatherboarded; thatched roof. 6 bays with off-centre threshing floor. Half-hipped roof. Interior: Collar-truss with side struts, butt purlins and windbraces; heavy jowled posts and thick curved braces from post to tie beam and wall plate. Half hipped roof. Late C18 stable block against south gable end: sarsen rubble walling, brick dressings, corrugated asbestos roof, 3 window range, gable entry. Linking the two barns is a mid C19 four-bay shelter shed: splayed brick piers to front divide each bay, openings are now weatherboarded and have two C20 planked stable doors. Thatched roof. Interior: C17 queen-strut trusses have been removed from a timber framed building, probably a barn because they have a wide span.

Listing NGR: SU2820487049