Description

TL 41 NE HIGH WYCH ROOK END LANE
(west side)
Trims Green

4/40 North Barn at Shingle
Hall 60 metres NNW of
- house

GV II*

Barn. C14 or early C15. Probably built after 'La Syngledehall'
manor was joined to that of Mathams in 1301, by Sampson or
Hamelin Mathams (died 1382) but possibly by John Leventhorpe
c.1414 (VCH III (1912) 340). Large, 5-bay, aisled, facing S with
timber frame weatherboarded. Steep high roof, half-hipped at
ends with gablets. Central projecting porch on S with hipped
roof. Double doors on N side in central bay. Roofs formerly
thatched but now covered in corrugated iron, painted black.
Crown post roof structure with undecorated square crown posts,
square section braces to collar purlin and original flat laid
rafters. Long curved braces from arcade posts to arcade plates
and tie beams. Arcade plate joined in mid-span by edge halved
scarf with bridled abutments. Large medieval timberframed
structure of the greatest architectural and historic interest.
An unusual survival. Part of group of historic agricultural
buildings at Shingle Hall.

Listing NGR: TL4688717283

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553987

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990