Description

COWDEN

TQ 33SE
53/2000 Clays Barn

II

Barn erected in C18 but reusing some late C16 or early C17 upright posts and
tension braces. Timber framed barn of 4 bays on sandstone plinth, clad in
weatherboarding with some old tarred elm weatherboarding to rear. Double cart
entrance. Roof now covered in corrugated iron sheeting. Queen post roof with
through purlins, oak rafters and ridge piece. 7 of the upright posts have
gunstock jowls and several have slots for curved beams. The right hand end
could have been floored at one time and this bay also has several large curved
braces of C17 or earlier date in the wall frame. The wall frame has a midrail
and the other bays have C18 diagonal tension braces. The right side end bays
also have diagonal wind braces to the roof. C18 carpenter's marks. Later
bolted dragon posts to strengthen upright posts, C20 lean to extension to left
hand side not of special interest.

Listing NGR: TQ4653641701

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26562326

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey