Description

TL 41 SE SHEERING SHEERING LOWER ROAD
Barn approx. 25 metres
2/15 N. of Aylmers House
20.2.67 (formerly listed as Barn
at Aylmers to N)

GV II

Barn, early C17. Timber framed, weatherboarded, roofed with handmade red clay
tiles. 4 bays aligned approx. NE-SW, with aisle on NW side only, midstrey to
SE in second bay from NE. Lean-to extensions on both sides of midstrey and
at SW end. 4 windows in SE elevation, C20. Roof hipped at sW, half-hipped
at NE. Jowled posts, straight tiebeams, arched braces to tiebeams and arcade
plate. Heavy studding with straight braces inside, not trenched, across upper
angles of walls. Queen strut roof with clasped purlins. Curved wind bracing to
purling in one bay only, that containing the midstrey. Contemporary with house
and exhibiting similar constructional features, in particular the unusual wall
bracing. Reported by the RCHM to be in poor condition c.1920, but wholly reclad
since then, frame unaltered. RCHM 6.

Listing NGR: TL4890012954

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26405079

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)