Barn At Higher Ridge

ST 20 SW STOCKLAND RIDGE COURT

4/610 Barn at Higher Ridge

• II

Field Barn. Probably 1608 - date scratched on original door. Rubble, some chert, some large field stones as foundation, corrugated iron roof replacing thatch. A long narrow barn to half-hipped ends, low paired doors in flush openings each side. East side has 3 ventilation slits in deep splayed openings and one enlarged to square opening; at each gable a square opening, one to south, part blocked. Pair plank doors each by side, to wood lintels; those to west, higher side, ane C17 doors in part, with original strap hinges, and with nailed vertical and horizontal double planking in part. East-side entry has raking buttress added to right side; severe structural cracks to north gable wall. Interior: 4 whole and 2 half bays, 5 pairs jointed crucks carried down to about 1 metre from floor level; A-frame trusses with trenched purlin, and a second purlin set low, almost at plate level, all early rafters, diagonal ridge. At about 1.5 metres from floor level there are 8 small square recesses with rough stone lintels, one to each non-door bay and one in each gable end. An unusually well preserved building, lacking only the thatch roofing.

Listing NGR: ST2287701249