Description

SU 72 SE BURITON

4/8 Barn at Old Ditcham Farm

16.3.54 II

The Barn shall be upgraded to "GRADE II*"
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SU 72 SE BURITON

4/8 Barn at Old Ditcham Farm

16.3.54 II

Barn. C17 with slight alterations of the early C19, and minor extensions of the
mid C19. Walls of ashlar malmstone with tile and brick band above wall-thicken-
ing, openings formed as projecting panels of brickwork, with square key to a
plain architrave (projected above impost level), arch containing ventilation
slots, formed by mullions and transoms; the south wall (early C19) is flint
with brick dressings; walls of minor extensions are of stone, flint and brick.
Tile roof. Structure of seven bays, divided by massive pointed stone arches
(supporting two levels of purlins), with intermediate hammer beam to the lower
purlins. Each bay has two round-arched openings (repeated, though filled, at
each gable end). There is a projecting central wagon entrance on the north side,
with gable, and corner slab buttresses (early C19), and later entrances at the
2nd, 4th (south side) and 6th bay.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17533111

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)