Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL54SW LITTLE WALDEN 669-1/5/373 Barn to west of Rowley Hill 01/11/72 Farmhouse

GV II

Barn. C18. Timber-framed, weatherboarded, red brick, peg and clay tile roof. Plan rectangular. E front elevation: ground floor brickwork, weatherboarded above, half hipped roof. End of central dividing wall visible. To N, waggon way with C20 metal door, above, long dovecote with many openings and landing board partly extant. N end, red brick, slated lean-to with blocked window. S of dividing wall, garage, loading door above. S end obscured by stable. Rear W elevation: ground floor of flint cobble panels and brick, plain brickwork above. N end, 2 exterior buttresses and doorway. S end deep lean-to of softwood, lightly framed, corrugated iron roof. Barn walling continues behind with large C19 exterior tapered stack. N end elevation: lean-to of simple herringbone brickwork, loading door above, blocked by lean-to roof. Gable weatherboarded over brick and flint wall. INTERIOR: 3 bays visible, N of central wall, probably 6-bayed `double' barn originally. Double framed roof, raking queen struts, purlins carried on cleats, collars at half bay intervals. Internal brick buttress as exterior. S end now floored, deep narrow joists with pendant soffits. The barn appears to have been converted for special use in C19, said by owner to be for potato `chipping'.

Listing NGR: TL5382840778

External Links

• Wikidata Q26499754

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  For the Record