Description

SE 43 SW LEDSTON SELBY ROAD
WF10 (south side, off)

3/45 Barn
approx. 50 metres
east of
Sheepcote Farmhouse

GV II

Barn. C16 or earlier; altered. Timber frame with cladding of magnesian
limestone rubble with quoins, graduated stone slate roof (upper level
replaced with Welsh slate). Rectangular 5-bay plan; wagon entrance in centre
of west side under slightly raised roof; four 1/2-height buttresses, 2 small
square openings on different levels between those on the left. North gable
wall shows line of formerly more steeply-pitched roof in the lower level, and
has different masonry in the apex; triangular breathers on 2 levels, a raised
doorway in the centre and another door at the right-hand side.

Interior: 4 post-and-truss frames with intermediate supports (like raked
crutches) rising from the wall-plates to the aisle-plates; braces from posts
to tie-beams, curved braces from posts to aisle-plates. King-post roof
trusses with curved longitudinal braces to the ridge; some carpenters' marks
beginning with 2 ("11") on the frame nearest to the south end.

Listing NGR: SE4397630496

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539989

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living