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BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA CHURCH HILL
TQ 74 NE (West side)

2/26 Church Farm Barn

GV II

Barn, now house. C17, with C18 cladding, converted to house 1982-83. Timber
framed, clad with red and grey brick. Front elevation of left end bay clad
with buff brick in Flemish bond. Plain tile roof. 5 timber-framed bays,
formerly with central midstrey. Further bay added to south. Front and rear
aisles. 1 1/2 storeys. Half-hipped roof. Gabled porch rising from aisle to
right of centre, with weatherboarded gable, and paned window in place of
doors. Upper storey end lit. Irregular fenestration of 7 windows apart from
porch; one 4-pane light with segmental head to left addition, one 3-light
casement, and 4 vertical slit lights. Further 2-light casement within blocked
doorway to left end. Ribbed door towards right end and ribbed garage doors to
right end. Interior: exposed framing. Long shaped jowls. Arch-braced tie
beams and arcade plates. Clasped-purlin roof with diminishing principal
rafters. Vertical queen-struts to collars. Edge-halved arcade-plate scarf.
High aisle tie-beams. Curved passing shores. Scribed and chiselled carpenters'
marks of same period.

Listing NGR: TQ7692749528