Description

GUILDFORD ROAD
TQ/15/SW FETCHAM Downs Way
5/49 (east end, off
Great Bookham

Barn approx, 35 metres
7.9.51 north east of
Roaring House Farmhouse,
with attached stable and cow-house

GV II

Barn and attached stable and cow-house. Probably C17; altered. Timber frame on
brick plinth, with weatherboard cladding, red tile roof. Rectangular 3-bay plan on
north-south axis with aisle on east side, with stable at north end and cow-house
at south end. In the centre of the west side is a full-height wagon doorway
(with replacement double doors); set back at the left end is a 2-storey 2-bay
stable which has a stable-door to the right and an unglazed square window to
the left with vertical wooden slats, and a loft door in the gable wall; set back
at the right-hand end is a single-storey 2-bay cow-house with a stable-door in
the 1st bay. Rear: central gabled portal with weather-boarding replacing wagon
doors, flanked by cat-slide roofs to the side aisles. Interior: post-and-truss
construction with arch-bracing from central posts to tie-beams and to the aisle-
plate over the rear portal, staggered purlins supported by raked double queen
posts, with windbraces at both ends.

Listing NGR: TQ1494854201

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26658608

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