Barn To North Of Farleys End Farmhouse

SO 71 NE ELMORE FARLEYS END

1/58 Barn to north of Farleys End Farmhouse

GV II

Large barn. C15, possibly earlier. Timber-framed; weatherboarding; corrugated-iron roof. 6-bay; off-centre barn door position. Roughly weatherboarded exterior; off-centre stable door at east end with loft door over; roof raised at door position to sides; plank barn doors remaining on north side but missing on south; brick plinth. Internal structure of 7 very large pairs of crucks, each with upper and lower cambered collars and tenon- jointed cruck spur to wall post; small framing to west end. Rafters, purlins and windbracing all C20. Internal span of 7.2 m across feet of crucks. Part of group of 3 contemporary cruck- framed buildings: farmhouse and outbuilding, (q.v.). (N. W. Alcock, Cruck Construction: An Introduction and Catalogue,1981.)

Listing NGR: SO7710415428