Description

SJ 30 NE PONTESBURY C.P. ASTERLEY

3/166 Barn approximately
- 15m north-east of
Upper Farmhouse

GV II

Former open hall, latterly barn, now cowshed. Probably C14 or C15 with
extensive late C20 alterations. Timber framed of cruck construction now
entirely clad in corrugated iron except for weatherboarded north-east gable
end, steep-pitched corrugated iron roof. Three C20 eaves hatches on south
side with 5 stable doors to left and right and wide central doorway. Interior:
5 framed bays formerly open to roof, now with loft inserted; 6 massive true
cruck trusses with cambered upper and lower collars, 5 with Alcock apex type
B and one in end wall with apex type V; dog-leg shaped windbraces forming
crude lozenge patterns, partial smoke-blackening. Upper Farmhouse is not
included. Alcock (1981), p.143.

Listing NGR: SJ3750707030

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26471379

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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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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)