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Barn About 30 Metres North West of Mersham Manor

A Grade II* Listed Building in Mersham, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.1173 / 51°7'2"N

Longitude: 0.93 / 0°55'47"E

OS Eastings: 605158

OS Northings: 139415

OS Grid: TR051394

Mapcode National: GBR SYH.V8B

Mapcode Global: VHKKW.25HT

Plus Code: 9F324W8H+WX

Entry Name: Barn About 30 Metres North West of Mersham Manor

Listing Date: 16 February 1989

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1233497

English Heritage Legacy ID: 408742

ID on this website: 101233497

Location: The Forstal, Ashford, Kent, TN25

County: Kent

District: Ashford

Civil Parish: Mersham

Built-Up Area: Mersham

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

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Description


TR 03 NE MERSHAM CHURCH ROAD
(east side)


7/101 Barn about 30
metres north-
west of
Mersham Manor


GV II*

Barn. Early to mid C14. Timber framed and weatherboarded on ragstone
base, with ragstone and red brick cladding to rear elevations. Plain
tiled roof. Hipped roof with hipped streys to left and to right.
Interior: 4 full bays with aisles with cantileveredterminal outshots,
somewhat obscured by later divisions. One end bay and aisles extensively
reconstructed c.1600, but main assembly and part of aisle (reversed
assembly) probably contemporary with early C14 Mersham Manor adjacent.
Keyed scarfs, with thick, nearly straight braces. Clasped purlin roof.
(See S.E. Rigold. Major Kentish Barns, 21. One feature (pegged wedges)
he dates elsewhere 1284-1306).


Listing NGR: TR0521239383

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