Description

HOVE

TQ20NW HANGLETON LANE, Hangleton
579-1/3/155 (North side)
29/08/73 Benfield Barn
(Formerly Listed as:
Former Benfield Farm Barn facing
west Hove Golf Course)

II

Barn. Probably C18. Coursed flint pebbles with red brick
dressings and quoins, clay tiled roof. Plan: wagon entrances
centre east and west fronts, outshuts under catslide roofs
north-east and south-east, remains of three small single cell
structures at south gable end. Gable ends with ventilation
slits, square opening below eaves north-west corner, boarded
up with corrugated-iron sheeting, timber post visible on
facade to left of entrance, cast-iron sheeting to former
double doors of wagon entrance, tiles missing from sections of
outshuts; gable ends and much of facade obscured by vegetation
at time of survey. Interior not accessible, said to have a
queen post roof. The barn was part of the farm at Benfield
Manorhouse, built early C17 and demolished 1871 when the range
of cottages to the south (not included) was constructed.
Further farm buildings of interest may survive beneath dense
vegetation to east.

Listing NGR: TQ2629107129

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586107

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990