Listed Building: BARN AT TQ 829 449 (1054090)
| Grade | II | 
|---|---|
| Authority | |
| Volume/Map/Item | 1776, 7, 84 | 
| Date assigned | 05 March 1985 | 
| Date last amended | 
Description
                            HEADCORN                MAIDSTONE ROAD TQ 829 449                                            (East side)
7/84                                                  Barn at TO                                                       829 449 5.3.85                                                       II
Barn, now house.  C15 with C18, C19 and late C20 alterations.  Timber framed, weatherboarded, on stone plinth, with plain tile roof.  At right-angles to road.  Three timber-framed bays with front and rear aisles.  Full-height central entrance to north, to which porch with hipped roof added in C18. Mid C19 nearly full-height entrance inserted to south.  C19 lean-tos to right and left.  Hipped roof.  Interior:  principal posts with cut jowls, arch- braced to tie-beams and arcade plates.  Rafters trenched for lapped collars, re-ordered with side purlins in C18, and with ridge piece inserted later. Mortices for curved passing shores to aisles; trench remains in north-west aisle tie.  Most of wall studding replaced.  Evidence for studs between nave and south aisle.  Grooving for infilling to gable ends of nave and aisles. Scribed carpenter's marks.  Stop-splayed edge-halved scarf joint.  Covered yard erected to south 1866-98 and demolished 1984.
Listing NGR: TQ8290044900
                        
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 8294 4495 (point) | 
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| Map sheet | TQ84SW | 
| Civil Parish | HEADCORN, MAIDSTONE, KENT | 
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 16 2006 1:22PM