Description

SOUTH ELMHAM ST. CROSS
TM 38 SW

4/42 Barn immediately to the
- east of Church Farmhouse

- II

Barn. Part late C16, part C17. Timber-framed and weatherboarded; corrugated
asbestos roof. 5 bays. The eastern bay is the earliest part, formerly the
storied end of a barn/stable with hayloft above. Full height studs, with a
clamp, to support the former upper floor,morticed into the sides of the main
posts and pegged against the sides at middle rail height. Cranked braces.
The housing for a main beam in the central post of the gable wall. On the
upper part of each side wall the housings for 2 short 6-light diamond-
mullioned windows. Butt purlin roof in 2 bays; cranked windbraces. The
remaining 4 bays also have full height studs with long steeply-arched braces
halved against them, and later primary braces nailed on. The roof bays
correspond to wall bays: clasped purlins and straight windbraces; the collars
have been replaced, and there are later queen struts. The arched braces of
the tie-beams have been replaced by bolted knees. Entry into the middle bay,
with a slightly later full height porch on the south side. Included for group
value.

Listing NGR: TM3002284147

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26283358

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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