North Barn And Attached Farm Buildings Temple Lane

The following building shall be added to the list: CAPEL RUSPER ROAD TQ 13 NE (North side, off) 11/260 North Barn and attached farm buildings, Temple Lane II

Barn with attached stable and cowhouse. Barn probably C18 reusing earlier timbers; stable and cowhouse C19 the stable probably early-mid, the cowhouse late C19. All altered. Barn timber-framed with weatherboard cladding on brick plinth; cow- house similar but with brick ground floor; stable of red brick with blue headers in Flemish bond. Plain tile roofs. 5-bay barn with l-bay stable on left and 5-bay cowhouse with loft over to right. Barn has central cart entry with double board door; on left a later board stable door with side-light and blocked loading door above to its right; on right a board door and a hatch with loading door above. Stable has board stable door with 2-light window to its left under continuous timber lintel; stepped dentilled eaves; roof hipped on left. Cowhouse has central raked brick buttress with a board hatch to either side and at left end steps up to a board door. Rear: weatherboard of barn and cowhouse partly gone. Barn has opposing central cart entry and loading door on left. Cow-house is open-fronted. On right, C20 gabled addition to rear of stable is not of special interest. Interior: barn has good, large-scanting framing; most of the wall posts are jowelled but some are unjowelled and some members are held in place by metal straps rather than pegged; braces are arched, double-curved and straight; each roof truss has both queen posts and queen struts (all curved) supporting through purlins, the principal rafters reducing in size above purlins; intermediate collars; curved wind braces. In left bays a stable has been partitioned off. In state of disrepair at time of inspection.

Listing NGR: TQ1919138975