Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 18/10/2016

TL 60 SW
11/912

RADLEY GREEN,
The Old Granary

(Formerly listed as: HIGHWOOD, RADLEY GREEN, Former Maltings at Horsefrith Park Farm)

GV

II

Former Maltings, used for storage at time of survey. c.1588 for Sir John Petre,
First Baron of Writle, with some C18 alterations, reclad in C20. Oak framed
structure of 6 bays, the exterior clad in cement rendering to ground floor, the
first floor covered in C20 pargetting with gable end weather-boarded and rear
elevation clad in weather-boarding on brick plinth. Roof covered in corrugated
sheeting. Six C20 casements. INTERIOR has close studded wall-frames and queen
post trusses, with arch braced, supporting clasped purlins. Upper wall panels
over girth rail, braced in each pair of end bays. Wall plates jointed by pegged
face-halved and bladed scarfings over stub tenons in storey-posts. Small areas
of ancient plaster exist between studs in the South East end of the upper wall
framing onto external weather-boarding. An intermediate floor was subsequently
introduced by spanning reused stop-chamfered bridging beams across the girth
rails, these supporting longitudinal joisting. First floor headroom space was
then gained by carving out soffits of some tie beams and extracting the adjacent
arch brace. This probably happened in the early C18 when grain bins were
added. Old floorboards. Ground floor has spine beam with 1 niche-chamfer and
run out stop.

A Petre document in the Essex Record Office of 1588 mentions that Sir John Petre
agreed to build 'one convenient and necessary maltings House to malt fyne qrs of
Barlye at one tyme with other romes mete and expediente to the same', T/2 105/
34. A map of 1724 shows this structure with a curious spire at the north end
which was probably a corn chamber. This building is unlikely ever to have been
a barn as there is no evidence of opposite doors and its position on the map
relates to the existing farmhouse and the foundations of barns, since
demolished.

Listing NGR: TL6186704554

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26540045

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
• 
  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
• 
  Old House Care and Repair