Description

TL 64 SE STEEPLE BUMPSTEAD
2/81 Barn and farm complex
of Old Hall Farm
GV II

Farm complex, early C19. Barn has lower walls of flint rubble and red brick,
upper walls weatherboarded; other buildings of flint rubble and red brick.
Slate roofs, with some red clay pantiles and corrugated iron. Barn of 10 bays
aligned NE-SW with 2 midstreys to NW, and 3 wings to the SE, forming an E-plan.
Other buildings form the rest of an open square with entrances to NE and SW.
The central wing of the E is a double-sided shelter shed with spine wall. Other
buildings comprise stables, dairy, granary, pighouses, etc. The eastern
building (with a pantiled roof) has been converted to a-garage. All roofs are
hipped and of low pitch. The barn has bolted knees at the junctions of posts
and principal rafters, and half-height collars.

Listing NGR: TL6882640096

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26415447

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments