Description

MARKET LAVINGTON

1380/0/10001 PARSONAGE LANE
26-SEP-03 Barn immediately north of Old House

II
Barn. Dated 1820. Weatherboarded timber-frame on tall English bond red brick plinth with stone rubble base. Gable-ended roof re-clad in asbestos sheets.
PLAN: 5-bay barn with opposing doorways to threshing floor in central bay.
EXTERIOR: West front has later projecting midstrey at centre with lean-to roof. Later windows in south gable end. Small loft opening in north gable. East side facing road has central loading door at higher ground floor level above road.
INTERIOR: 5-bay frame with aisle on east side; wall-posts and arcade-posts with roll-moulding to jowls and curved braces to arcade-plates and tie-beams; aisle-ties intact; one of the tie-beams is inscribed; 1820 July 10 WI; queen-strut and collar trusses, staggered tenoned purlins and diagonal ridgepiece; common-rafters intact; wall-framing consists of vertical studs and long straight tension-braces; two wall-posts missing on west side to north of the cart entrance.
A well constructed dated early C19 timber-framed barn with group value.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26670069

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)