Barn, And Shelter Shed, Southend Farm, About 20 Metres North Of Southerns

SO 72 SW NEWENT SOUTHEND LANE (south side)

7/174 Barn, and shelter shed, Southend Farm, about 20m north of Southerns

GV II

Barn and shelter shed. C17, early C19 shed. Timber-framed barn, 3-panel high, on low stone plinth, faced butt-jointed boarding, some woven wattle air-vents in top. Tiled roof one side, corrugated iron other. Shelter shed random rubble rear wall, open front with timber posts, tiled roof. Six-bay barn, porch added one side: 5-bay shelter shed at right angles. Facade to shelter- shed yard, double doorway off centre to right, single late C20 doors, divided horizontally. Some vertical jointing in boarding. On left shelter shed, timber posts on stone blocks, weatherboarded gable. Barn interior, bottom panel to framing nearly as high as top 2 panels; some bracing in bottom half. Not all main posts jowelled: straight braces to trusses, some missing. Trusses tie beam, collar and angle struts, 3 pairs purlins, square ridge, straight wind braces wall plate to lowest purlins. Rafters largely intact below corrugated iron. Lean-to stone porch added on opposite side, low doors, drop to yard beyond. Lean-to between porch and road. King-post trusses to shelter shed. Lean-to sheds at right-hand end of barn, and to right of double doors, in yard, not of special interest.

Listing NGR: SO7240324895