Listed Building: BARN ABOUT 30 METRES NORTH WEST OF MERSHAM MANOR (1233497)

Grade II*
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1414, 7, 101
Date assigned 16 February 1989
Date last amended

Description

TR 03 NE MERSHAM CHURCH ROAD (east side) 7/101 Barn about 30 metres north- west of Mersham Manor GV II* Barn. Early to mid C14. Timber framed and weatherboarded on ragstone base, with ragstone and red brick cladding to rear elevations. Plain tiled roof. Hipped roof with hipped streys to left and to right. Interior: 4 full bays with aisles with cantileveredterminal outshots, somewhat obscured by later divisions. One end bay and aisles extensively reconstructed c.1600, but main assembly and part of aisle (reversed assembly) probably contemporary with early C14 Mersham Manor adjacent. Keyed scarfs, with thick, nearly straight braces. Clasped purlin roof. (See S.E. Rigold. Major Kentish Barns, 21. One feature (pegged wedges) he dates elsewhere 1284-1306). Listing NGR: TR0521239383

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 0515 3941 (point)
Map sheet TR03NE
Civil Parish MERSHAM, ASHFORD, KENT

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Record last edited

Mar 18 2010 2:44PM