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Former Barn to Fridays Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Mashbury, Essex

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7915 / 51°47'29"N

Longitude: 0.4002 / 0°24'0"E

OS Eastings: 565626

OS Northings: 213037

OS Grid: TL656130

Mapcode National: GBR NHC.L0B

Mapcode Global: VHJJT.W7DH

Plus Code: 9F32QCR2+H3

Entry Name: Former Barn to Fridays Farmhouse

Listing Date: 8 August 1990

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1247767

English Heritage Legacy ID: 429136

ID on this website: 101247767

Location: Mashbury, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1

County: Essex

District: Chelmsford

Civil Parish: Mashbury

Traditional County: Essex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex

Church of England Parish: Chignal Smealey St Nicholas

Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 11 January 2023 to amend the name and address, and reformat the text to current standards

TL 61 SE
4/1023

FOX ROAD
Aldocks

(Formerly listed as BARN ABOUT 50 METRES NORTH WEST OF FRIDAY FARM HOUSE)

II

Barn. Circa mid C17, extended in c18. Timber-framed on brick plinth; lime plastered with single zigzag pattern pargetted panels; the lower section weatherboarded. Corrugated asbestos sheet roof with gabled ends.

Originally five-bays with midstrey to the wider central bay on the north side, extended by one bay at the west end in the c18.

North elevation has large gabled midstrey to the left of centre with plank double doors and weatherboarding above, and small doorway on left. Late weatherboarded building attached to east end with low lean to hipped roof clad in pan tiles and doorway in gable above.

Interior: Frame intact, large storey post with slightly jowled head, large girt wall plate and side-plate; close-studding and some straight diagonal bracing trenched into the face of the studding. Much original wall framing reused in the C18 west end wall. Curved braces to tie-beams, except c18 bay which has curved brackets. Queen -post roof with tenoned staggered side-purlins some of which are raised timbers, and no ridgepiece. Most of the common rafters survive, pegged to the purlins. Carpenters' assembly marks on the storey posts. Midstrey roof has cellars and clasped side purlins.

Listing NGR: TL6562613037

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