Listed Building record TR 03 NE 125 - BARN ABOUT 30 METRES NORTH WEST OF MERSHAM MANOR
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TR 05158 39414 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR03NE |
County | KENT |
District | ASHFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | MERSHAM, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Full Description
Description from record TR 03 NE 37 :
(TR051394) Barn (1) Barn about 30 m north-west of Mersham Manor. Early to mid 14th c. 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. (Listed Grade II*) [Full archaeological description] (2)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
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 (3)
<1> OS 1: 10000 1975 (OS Card Reference). SKE48133.
<2> DOE (HHR) District of Ashford, 16 February 1989, (49) (OS Card Reference). SKE40483.
<3> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
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Record last edited
Apr 26 2024 3:23PM