Description

BURY ROAD 1. TL 980513 48/412 Barn c30m east of Brickhouse Farmhouse GV II 2. Barn, probably C16 reusing C13 components, additions of C17 or C18. Timber framed, weather boarded; some original wattle and daub at end walls. Asbestos sheeted roof (formerly thatched), half hipped at both ends. 3 bays 2 aisles. Gabled porch C17 or C18, to centre bay, north side. The building is of particular interest for its major reuse of components from a late C13 barn of larger dimensions. Included are 6 arcade posts, the arcade plates, sections of eaves plate, one tie beam and a number of braces and studs. The original barn was also aisled, with passing braces rising from the external walls, passing through trenches in the aisle ties and arcade posts, and located at the tiebeams by secret notched-lap joints. The arcade posts are unjowled. Scarf joints are splayed and tabled with undersquinted butts and a key, of which one remains. Braces are straight anbd square sectioned. The C16 work includes a clasped-purlin roof and external walling with edge-halved and bridled scarfs.

Listing NGR: TL9806151351

External Links

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