Description

TL 74 SW BIRDBROOK THE STREET,
3/16 WEST SIDE
Barn approx. 25
metres NNE of
Birdbrook Hall

GV II*

Aisled barn, late C14, extended in C17 and C19. Timber framed, weatherboarded,
roofed with corrugated iron. 4 bays aligned approx. NE-SW, late C14, extended
to SW by 3 bays and to NE by one bay in C17. 2 lean-to midstreys to SE. NW
extension, C19. Gablet at SW, gable at NE. Jowled arcade posts. Original
part, which formerly extended further to SW, has wide arched braces from arcade
posts to arcade plates and tiebeams, splayed scarfs with bridled butts in arcade
plates (Hewett 1980, figure 262); aisle ties jowled against arcade plates, with
raking shores to the jowls; reversed assembly at wallplates, walls rebuilt below
with primary straight bracing; crown post roof, plain crownposts with axial
braces only. In SW extension, thinner braces, original walls with face-halved
and bladed scarfs in wallplates, normal assembly, clasped purlin roof. At NE
gable end the timbers are charred.

Listing NGR: TL7072241274

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17557110

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)