Barn Immediately North Of Old House

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1380/0/10001 PARSONAGE LANE 26-SEP-03 Barn immediately north of Old House

II Barn. Dated 1820. Weatherboarded timber-frame on tall English bond red brick plinth with stone rubble base. Gable-ended roof re-clad in asbestos sheets. PLAN: 5-bay barn with opposing doorways to threshing floor in central bay. EXTERIOR: West front has later projecting midstrey at centre with lean-to roof. Later windows in south gable end. Small loft opening in north gable. East side facing road has central loading door at higher ground floor level above road. INTERIOR: 5-bay frame with aisle on east side; wall-posts and arcade-posts with roll-moulding to jowls and curved braces to arcade-plates and tie-beams; aisle-ties intact; one of the tie-beams is inscribed; 1820 July 10 WI; queen-strut and collar trusses, staggered tenoned purlins and diagonal ridgepiece; common-rafters intact; wall-framing consists of vertical studs and long straight tension-braces; two wall-posts missing on west side to north of the cart entrance. A well constructed dated early C19 timber-framed barn with group value.