Description

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SK 3076
1264-/5/10004

HOLMESFIELD
Horsleygate
HORSLEYGATE LANE
Barn opposite Middle Farm

II

Farm outbuilding. Late C16 or earlier,substantially remodelled and extended in C19 and altered C20. Coursed rubble Coal Measures sandstone with ashlar quoins and a corrugated sheet roof covering. 'L' shaped building. South elevation; single storey,three bays with two single stable doorways at different heights each with a small window to the side. East bay with full height double opening now with horizontal boarding to the upper half Interior contains one full height cruck truss with collar and tie beams supporting single side purlins and a diagonally-set ridge purlin.

There is a single spur tie and the halving in the rice of the other blade for the missing spur. There also survives at purlin level the remains of a smoke hood.The building is thought to have originally been a small two bay house of timber framed construction and is a significant survival in an area where stone-built vernacular predominates.

Listing NGR: SK3081976900

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26544918

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Recommended Books

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)