Description

SU 6652 OLD BASING THE STREET
6653
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26.4.57 Tithe Barn

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C16, C17. A large rectangular brick structure, divided externally into 6 bays by
buttresses, with 2 tall (4-centred) arched entrances at the second and five bay, each
bay with 3 ventilating slots at 2 levels. The steep gabled tile roof is carried on
arch-braced purlins supported on timber trusses (11 within a 10-bay interior
sub-division) comprising a high cambered tie-beam above arch braces, with 4 verticals,
the 2 centre uprights meeting a secondary tie. There are vertical studs above the
massive wallplates. The red brick walling is in English bond, the buttresses are
weathered at the top and midway, with a high plinth round the whole building. The
entrances have inner stone arches; on the north side are smaller plain brick arches.
Attached to the west end is a smaller unit of the later period but in a similar style,
having 4 bays and a north aisle (still of lesser total width than the main block). The
walling is again in red brickwork, with 2 ventilators at 2 levels to each bay, a high
plinth, and a cambered arch to the entrance. The Queen Post truss rests on the brick
wall on the south side but has posts and lower ties (with struts) on a low wall linked
to the outer aisle walling. Roofing is of corrugated iron, which extends across an
outshot on the south side of 2 eastern bays, the form of this lower roof continuing as
a tile roof for one bay in front of the main block. This outshot has weather-boarded
walling within brick pillars, on a low brick wall. Ancient Monument.

Listing NGR: SU6610852746

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17528256

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  For the Record
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]