Description

CRESSING CHURCH ROAD
TL 71 NE (east side)

4/52 Barn 30 metres north of
Cresley's Farmhouse

GV II

Wrongly shown on OS map as New House. Barn. Early C17. Timber framed,
weatherboarded and plastered, roof thatched. 7 bays aligned NW-SE, with one
midstrey with hipped roof to NE, and 2 gabled midstreys to SW. Gabled extension
between the SW midstreys. Lean-to extension with red clay pantiled roof in S
angle. Jowled posts, primary straight bracing with heavy studding, arched
braces to tiebeams (some replaced by bolted knees), face-halved and bladed
scarfs in wallplates, clasped purlin roof. The NE midstrey is later than the
main structure. This bay has a wooden threshing floor, a rare survival.

Listing NGR: TL7998519534

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26416948

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (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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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]