Description

TL 12 NE PRESTON OFFLEY HOLES

2/101 2 barns adjoining on north side of farmyard at Offley Holes Farm

GV II

2 barns. Both C17, W barn roof altered in early C19. Timber frames on brick sills with dark weatherboarding. Steep old red tile roof to W barn but tiles replaced by corrugated sheeting on E barn. 5-bays tall E barn has central gabled projection to N and double doors to yard on S in same bay. Jowled posts, long convex curved tension braces to sill, long straight braces to cambered tie-beams. Clasped-purlin roof with one purlin to each slope trapped between principal and the notched end of the convex curved inclined queen-posts. Face-halved bladed scarf joints to wallplate over each post. 4-bays W barn has a projecting porch on S in 2nd bay from E. The W end bay of slightly later construction. Heavy jowled posts, straight braces to straight tie-beams. Straight tension braces in walls. Side purlin roof.

Listing NGR: TL1675626376

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)