Description

559/0/10015
15-AUG-02

CHAWTON
Barn at Southfield Farm

II

Barn. Circa late C17. Timber-frame, clad in weather-boarding and with corrugated-iron hipped and half-hipped roof.
PLAN: 5-bay barn with aisles on north and south sides, and with outshut at west end, possibly also an aisle; central threshing bay with opposing cart entrances, that on north side with midstrey.
EXTERIOR: North side has central gabled cart entrance with plank double doors. North side has central cart entrance breaking eaves with plank double doors and with loft door on left.
INTERIOR: Slightly jowled arcade-posts with curved braces to tie-beams and arcade-plates. Queen-post trusses with collars, diminished principals and clasped purlins. Common-rafter couples intact. Wall-framing at either end and wall-framing of west end aisle or outshut rebuilt in concrete blocks.
A largely complete example of a circa late C17 timber-framed aisled barn.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26283293

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas