Listed Building: BARN ADJOINING CATTLE SHED IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF KINGS HILL FARMHOUSE (1243080)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 933, 4, 170 |
Date assigned | 23 February 1989 |
Date last amended |
Description
The following buildings shall be added to the list:
SWALE ELMLEY TQ 96 NW Elmley Marshes 4/170 Barn and adjoining cattle shed immediately north of Kings Hill Farmhouse
GV II
Barn and adjoining cattle shed. Circa late C18. Softwood timber frame reclad in new weather-boards, on low plinth of stone rubble topped in English bond brick. Slate half-hipped roof with black glazed ridge tiles. Plan: 5-bay aisled barn with opposed entrances to threshing floor in wider central bay. Adjoining at right angles on south east corner is a single storey 11-bay cattle shed. Exterior: At centre of both north and south sides the wagon entrances have hipped midstrey canopies supported on straight braces; the south entrance is blocked and has small doorways to its left and right. Adjoining at right angles to the right (south east) of south front a long open-fronted 11-bay cattle shed with chamfered wooden posts on stone bases and short curved braces to the arcade plates, slate roof with gable end boarded in and back wall of stone rubble and some flint, the top courses in Flemish bond brick. Interior: vertically studded walls with midrails and straight braces. Aisle-posts and arcade posts have jowled heads with hollow chamfers. Straight braces from the arcade posts to the arcade plates and tie-beams; queen posts and collars above with diagonally set clasped purlins. There are also inter- mediate collars. The principal and common rafters are all intact and there is no ridge-piece or ridgeboard. Above the aisle ties there are diagonal struts. The cattle shed has C19 machine-sawn tie-beam trusses with queen struts and a boarded soffit.
Listing NGR: TQ9386267985
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 9386 6798 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ96NW |
Civil Parish | MINSTER-ON-SEA, SWALE, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 15 2006 6:00PM