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Latitude: 51.9566 / 51°57'23"N
Longitude: 0.4796 / 0°28'46"E
OS Eastings: 570480
OS Northings: 231579
OS Grid: TL704315
Mapcode National: GBR PGV.82S
Mapcode Global: VHJJ3.82DX
Plus Code: 9F32XF4H+JR
Entry Name: Barn Approximately 25 Metres West of Nortofts Farmhouse
Listing Date: 21 December 1967
Last Amended: 17 May 1985
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1123492
English Heritage Legacy ID: 115249
ID on this website: 101123492
Location: Wethersfield, Braintree, Essex, CM7
County: Essex
District: Braintree
Civil Parish: Finchingfield
Traditional County: Essex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex
Church of England Parish: Finchingfield St John Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford
Tagged with: Barn
TL 73 SW FINCHINGFIELD WETHERSFIELD ROAD
(south side)
4/107 Barn approx 25 metres
west of Nortofts
Farmhouse
(Formerly listed as Barn
21.12.67 at Nortofts under
Outlying Items)
- II*
Barn. Late C16, altered in C17 and C20. Timber framed, mainly plastered, part
weatherboarded, roofed with plastic-coated corrugated iron. 5 bays aligned
NW-SE, with 2 aisles. C17 midstrey to NE. Original brick plinth, of red brick
in English bond, approx. 1 metre high on SW side where land falls away to a
ditch, 0.5 metre high and plastered on NE side, and exposed below all arcade
posts. Jowled posts. Edge-halved and bridled scarfs in wallplates and arcade
plates. Heavy studding with curved braces trenched to the outside. Arched
braces to tiebeams and arcade plates. Straight raking shores to arcade posts.
Normal assembly at eaves. Clasped purlin roof with serpentine wind bracing, a
rare feature. Damaged by whirlwind in 1982, tiles removed then and replaced by
present roof cladding, but frame undamaged. An exceptionally complete frame of
high quality, the only surviving building of a former manorial complex. RCHM
9.
Listing NGR: TL7048031579
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