Description

TL 6730 GREAT BARDFIELD BRAINTREE ROAD
(west side)

8/117 Barn approx. 60 metres
south-south-west of
Great Bardfield Hall

GV II*

Barn. Early C14. Timber framed, weatherboarded, main roof of corrugated
asbestos, midstrey roof of handmade red clay tiles. 7 bays aligned NNW-SSE, 2
aisles, midstrey to E of third bay from N end. Jowled posts, heavy studding,
arched braces trenched inside studs. Trait-de-Jupiter scarfs in arcade plates,
arched braces to arcade plates. Some posts and aisle ties have oblique trenches
for passing-braces from the wallposts to the tiebeams. Others have raking
shores with short aisle ties from the shores to the posts. Some aisle ties are
jointed to the wallplates by reversed assembly. One tiebeam replaced in
C19/C20. Grooves for original infill of wattle and daub. Walls concreted
between studs to a height of one metre. Arched braces to tiebeams. Anomalies
In the structure indicate that it is mainly of the early C14, with some
rebuilding not later than the C16.

Listing NGR: TL6773230184

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17557831

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)