Description

SP 9720
967/35/10038

EATON BRAY
HIGH STREET
Barn and attached shelter shed at Poplar Farm

GV
II

Barn and attached shelter shed. Barn is C18, much rebuilt mid-late C19. Timber frame, mostly of C18 construction, with C19-C20 weatherboard cladding and C19 brick plinth. C19 slate roof on raised eaves. 4 bays. Cart entry to left of centre, with board door adjacent to left. C20 garage doors inserted into left bay.
Interior: C18 frame is largely intact to rear and left gable walls, with mid-rails, down bracing and some original studs. Braced tiebeams, some braces curved. Many timbers are C16-C17 re-used. Front wall and right gable are extensively reworked. C19 roof structure with raking queen struts, collars, clasped purlins and ridgeboard.
Shelter shed is mid-late C19 and backs onto gable wall of barn. Other rear and end walls are C19 brick. Open front with timber posts. Hipped slate roof on machine-cut king-post trusses. Rough wooden feeding troughs and low mangers. Extension to front of shelter is not of special interest.
Included for group value with Stable at Poplar Farm (item 10026).

Listing NGR: SP9717520744

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26660295

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