Description

SESSAY MAIN STREET
SE 47 NE
(west side)
4/40 Barn with attached horse
engine house on north-
west side of farmyard at
Village Farm
- II
Barn with attached horse engine house. Early C19 with mid C19 engine house.
Pinkish brick in English garden wall bond (5:1); pantile roofs. 5-bay barn with
engine house projecting from right-hand bays. Tall board door under timber lintel
to bay 2 in slightly-projecting portal roofed by continuation of main roof. To
its left, 3 tiers of vents, having paired slits to lower tiers and square vents
set in lozenge above. On right, one similar vent at upper level, but rest of this
side masked by hexagonal engine house having brick piers between side panels which
have brick to lower halves and boarding or corrugated iron above with some windows;
hipped roof. Stepped dentilled eaves. Outshut on left end, not of special interest,
masks blocked vents. Farmbuilding added to right end not of special interest.
Rear: blocked opposing portal; bricked-up round archway to engine house which has
king-post truss with braces on massive tie-beam corbelled from barn wall on
supporting beams.

Listing NGR: SE4578775103

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26443509

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)