Description

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SE33NW WETHERBY ROAD, Roundhay 714-1/7/1067 (West side (off)) 05/08/76 Barn approximately 30 metres south-west of Roundhay Grange (Formerly Listed as: WETHERBY ROAD, Roundhay Barn South West of Roundhay Grange)

GV II

Barn. C16 with alterations c1800, restored c1965 after fire. Timber-frame encased in stone, corrugated asbestos roof. 4 bays, aisle with central cart entrance on S side. Varied stonework: on the N wall coursed squared gritstone of c1800 with tall narrow slit vents; on the S side random rubble with small vents, on W gable gritty sandstone and limestone blocks below eaves level, rebuilt above with squared stonework as N side; the E end infilled with re-used stone. Timber posts and roof truss exposed on E end, a cut-off king post and herring-bone braces missing; part of post and aisle plate on SW corner. INTERIOR: timbers throughout are blackened and charred; 5 timber-framed trusses survive, the end trusses now in end gables. Principal posts rest directly on stone or earth flooring, no stylobates; king-post trusses flank entrance bay, braced to ridge; wall-plates have scarfed joints, the hole for a har-hung barn door survives, timbers used to prop up the framing include a length of wall-plate; secondary timbers laid across and below the aisle purlins support prop. A possibly pre-Dissolution barn of the Kirkstall Abbey grange, it stood to the S of the timber-framed range of which a part survives in the outbuilding attached to the farmhouse, Roundhay Grange (qv). The N wall probably rebuilt to suit the new stonework of the C18 farmhouse and barn.

Listing NGR: SE3457237749

External Links

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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