Description

BOMERE HEATH C.P. PRESTON GUBBALS
SJ 41 NE
6/102 Barn approx. 60 metres to
- north-east of Manor Farmhouse
GV II

Barn. Late C17. Weatherboarded timber frame (the side weather-
boarding set in grooves between the frame) on chamfered red sandstone
ashlar plinth with herringbone tooling. Slate roof. Framing: square
panels (3 from sole plate to wall plate) with long straight tension braces.
Five framed bays. North-west front with pairs of central boarded doors and
3 boarded loft doors, and south-east front with pair of central boarded
doors, boarded door to right, and 3 boarded loft doors. Boarded loft
doors in gable ends. Interior: tie-beam trusses with raking struts,
and collar and tie-beam end trusses with queen struts. Pairs of purlins.
Cross frames on low stone walls with sole plates, long straight tension
braces and central posts. Some reused timbers. Weather-boarding set
between the frame is not common but a C17 example exists at Hodnet in
North Shropshire.

Listing NGR: SJ4931619616

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26648463

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