Description

BRENTWOOD

TQ59SE DARK LANE, Great Warley
723-1/8/139 (West side)
05/09/88 Barn at Boyles Court Farm
(Formerly Listed as:
DARK LANE
(West side)
Barn at Boyles Court Farm)

GV II

Barn. Dated I White 1774 on porch middle rail. Refaced in late
C19. Timber-framed, part weatherboarded. C19 brick out-shut to
S and imitation timber-framing to porches, peg-tiled roof.
Rectangular plan. S front elevation to courtyard, 2
symmetrical waggon porches, central late C19 bell cupola and
clock turret with lead dome. Waggon porches have decorative
ogee braced studding over 2-leaved doors. Brick out-shut has,
from E to W, stable door, simple 3-light window, waggon porch,
simple unglazed window opening, C20 door of 1930 style with
contiguous unglazed window opening, waggon porch, 3-light
window, boarded door. Rear, N, elevation, late C19 facade
decorated in Norman Shaw style to be seen from Boyles Court.
Weatherboarded with large central window with arched head
under cornice hood, central mullion and transom, glazed with
glazing bars, 6x5 panes, either side two similar half-depth
windows with key stone decoration, 6x3 panes, to E and W ends,
upper round window each with four keystones and 4-paned
casement window. Below, window under cornice hood, E with
glazing bars, 3x3 panes, W glazing replaced by 3 simple
vertical panes. W, end elevation rendered with mock timbering
above. C20 double garage doors, timbering continues into brick
out-shut. D-shaped window with glazing bars in gable, 5x2
panes. E end similarly treated, ground floor has 4 casement
windows in 2 pairs with glazing bars, 2x4 panes.
INTERIOR: C18 timber-frame in softwood of 7 bays, midstreys in
bays 2 and 6. Queen post roof with joggled side purlins and
butted rafters with collars dropped between queen posts and
short raking struts from posts to principal rafters. Framing
braced by knees, tenoned and pegged to posts, plates and
tie-beams. Interior part floored at half height.
The barn and the stables (qv) form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ5784891443

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491685

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Recommended Books

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
• 
  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)