Summary

A timber-framed threshing barn of early to mid-C18 date, with C20 alterations.

Description

A timber-framed threshing barn of early to mid-C18 date, with C20 alterations.

MATERIALS: pegged, post and truss timber frame of square panels standing on a rubble stone plinth. To the upper section of the wall frame are some undaubed, stave and oak lath ventilation panels. Externally clad in weatherboards, with a plain clay tile roof to the south side and corrugated metal roof to the north side.

PLAN: the rectangular five-bay barn is aligned east to west with opposing double doors roughly to the centre of the wall frames. The central threshing floor is flanked by the remains of dwarf brick walls, separating the threshing floor from the storage bays to either side. The cross frames of the storage bays are clad in weatherboard, separating them from the outer bays.

EXTERIOR: the external walls are clad in C20 weatherboarding with C20 windows inserted into some of the square panels of the wall frames. The south face of the eastern bay has had a large opening inserted, and attached to the north face of the western bay is a lean-to, also clad in weatherboard. The gable end walls are blind. The pitched roof is covered in plain clay tiles to its south side and C20 corrugated metal to its north side.

INTERIOR: the five-bay interior has jowled wall posts supporting the wall plates and the tie beams which form the base of the roof trusses, with angled struts and two rows of staggered, trenched purlins. Angled braces connect the wall post to the tie beam. Almost all of the original common rafters are in-situ. The horizontal beams in the upper section of the wall frames have stick holes and channels to support the staves around which the oak laths are woven. Some of these ventilation infill panels survive. To either side of the stone threshing floor are the remains of a brick dwarf wall that supported an open frame to the storage bays, tenoned into the mortice holes to the underside of the tie beam. Fragments of these frames survive. The weatherboard clad partition wall to the east side of the east storage bay is full height with a doorway above the tie beam which opens to the outer east bay. There is a similar weatherboard partition to the west side which runs up to the tie beam. The outer bays of the barn and lean-to structure to the north side have not been inspected.

History

The threshing barn appears to be early to mid-C18 with C20 alterations.

Reasons for Listing

The threshing barn, approximately 50 metres to the west of Rowden Abbey, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* Architectural interest: the original function of the building as a substantial threshing barn dating from the C18 remains legible;
* Intactness: with the exception of relatively minor alterations and losses which can be expected of a farm building of this date, the principal structural components remain in situ, and the retention of relatively fragile ventilation panels is noteworthy.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26677974

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