Aisled Farm Building Approximately 100 Metres South East Of Bocketts Farmhouse

LEATHERHEAD YOUNG STREET TQ/15/NE (south side, off) 6/177

6.10.89 Aisled farm building approx. 100 metres south-east of Bocketts Farmhouse

GV II

Aisled farm building (of uncertain function). Perhaps C18 or earlier. Weather- boarded timber frame on brick plinth, red tile roof. Square plan of 3 structural bays with aisles on both sides. Single-storey; the north and south ends have wide full-height wagon entrances; the roof is hipped over the main span, and carried down over the aisles. Interior: timber framing of high quality; the aisle posts of the cross-frames, which are mounted on longitudinal sills and braced to them, have arch-bracing to tie-beams which extend outwards to carry the aisle-plates (or purlins), these junctions further supported by vertical struts rising from the aisle beams, which are themselves also arch-braced; and some of these frames have carpenter's marks. The walls are close-studded, with passing braces; and the roof is of common-rafter construction with a ridge plank. The item is not only of special interest itself but also (although outside the farmyard) a valuable element of an unusually complete group of farm buildings on this site.

Listing NGR: TQ1569854992