Description

TQ 81 NW GUESTLING ROCK LANE

23/52 Barn at Great Maxfield

GV II

Barn. Late C16 aisled timber barn reroofed and heightened in early C19. Externally clad in weatherboarding an early C19 brick plinth. Roof originally thatched but covered in corrugated iron sheeting at time of survey. 5 bays. Heavily jowled upright posts with-deeply cut profile on brick or sandstone padstones. The upright posts to one end bay have been shortened. Tie beams have slightly curved tension braces and each aisle bay also has 2 slightly curved tension braces. Roof was originally of queen post construction as peg holes show. In the early C19 the wall plate was heightened and the roof pitch made shallower. Roof now has C19 rafters with ridge piece. Wall plate has fairly substantial frame with some slightly curved tension braces up to junction with C19 heightening. A bay on one side has C20 framing and the south eastern end was entirely missing its wall frame at the time of the survey. Long diagonal struts each side of the centre bay to form open storage bays.

Listing NGR: TQ8334115290

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26531460

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets