Description

TG 40 NW
4/10003

ACLE
REEDHAM ROAD
(east side)
Oakley House Barn


II

Stable, now outbuilding. Dated 1758. Later additions and alterations. Red brick in English bond
with reed thatch roof 4-bay range. Single storey. Two blocked doorways beneath segmental
arches, one later doorway beneath a rough segmental arch, one original ventilation loop and,
to right, a C20 garage doorway. This opening incorporates the right-hand reveal of an original
window. Rear has 4 blocked ventilation loops. Left end has 4 ventilation loops and 2 blocked
windows with former segmental arches. The gable contains the limestone datestone inscribed
1758 GRM beneath a tiny segmental arch and, above it, lozenge-shaped honeycomb
ventilation. Gable parapet with tumbling-in and semicircular apex. Similar right end has 6 loops
and shaped owl hole above. The ventilation loops are of distinctive design, each loop forming
an I with serifs and median notches. Interior: Roof of 3 tie-beams with straight braces onto wall
posts with ovolo-moulded terminals. 5 pairs of principal rafters with collars: only the central
truss corresponds to a tie-beam. 2 tiers of wedge-tenoned butt purlins.

Listing NGR: TG4019609758

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26321529

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)