Barn By Road, Roel Farm

HAWLING ROEL SP 02 SE 9/37 Barn by road, Roel Farm (formerly listed as part of Roel 4.7.60 Farmhouse with farmbuildings) GV II Barn, cartshed, associated former shelter sheds. Early and mid C19. Random rubble walls, squared larger quoins; boarded walls to sheds; stone slate roofs to buildings by road, concrete tile to projecting wing on right, corrugated asbestos on left. Eight-bay barn with central, projecting wing to road; formerly lofted cartshed on left; 2 single-storey wings form back of barn framing yard. Barn range from road: left return: wide opening to cartshed, timber lintel, stone wall over with central, boarded door, glazed light over, timber lintel extending across gable. Main face, ground at higher level: boarded door rising into gabled dormer; below is a short flight of stone steps and quarter landing. Barn on right is higher, parapet gable, square owl hole in gable. On left boarded door to pitch hole above, low boarded door, timber lintel. Projecting wing in centre, plain, except for wide doorway each side against barn, to eaves level; to right small door and pitch-hole as left. Behind, on right single-storey wing, doorway and window opening, wallplate as lintel. Beyond former open-fronted shelter shed, front boarded with doorways. On left of barn originally open-fronted shelter shed, only rear stone wall survives, widened with boarded wall and doors. Interior of barn, floor lower than road, wide opening to central wing set up above road level; 2 low, boarded doors to yard opposite, wall recess as cupboard adjoining. Eight-bay roof, collar and tie beam trusses. Projecting wing king-post trusses with bolts. Cartshed originally lofted in 4 bays: only main floor beams survive, with interrupted tie beam truss above. All roofs 2 pairs purlins, plank ridge. Important range on side of road: apparently designed for machine threshing. Forms group with house and stables (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SP0740324927