Description

TL 83 SW GREENSTEAD GREEN AND SUDBURY ROAD
HALSTEAD RURAL (west side)

2/161 Barn 30 metres
north-west of
Bentall's Farmhouse

- II

Barn. C18. Timber framed, weatherboarded, on base walls of red brick in
Flemish bond, roofed with corrugated asbestos. 5 bays aligned NE-SW, with
midstrey to SE. Open lean-to shelter in S angle, roofed with black glazed and
red unglazed pantiles. Red brick lean-to byre in E angle, with slate roof. The
NW elevation has sliding doors replacing the original great doors, and to each
side of it pitching doors above and below the girt. The midstrey has the
original halved doors for winnowing, which are never wide enough for vehicular
access, well above outside ground level. The lean-to byre has a blocked doorway
and 2 arched apertures for drains or dung passages. Pegged main frame. Primary
straight bracing. Bolted braces to tiebeams. Clasped purlin roof. This barn
is in exceptionally good structural condition, and retains an unusual number of
original features. Bentall's Farmhouse is not listed.

Listing NGR: TL8216232186

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26464459

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  For the Record
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)