Description

The following building shall be added:-
SP 93 SW WOBURN Barn at Hundreds Farm
approx 80 m to north-west
2/80 of farmhouse
II
Barn. Mid-late C18, probably for the Bedford Estate. Timber frame with
weatherboard cladding on brick plinth and brick to front; corrugated asbestos roof.
5 bays with front aisle. Central cart entry in gabled midstrey. Rear: central
winnowing door; wide board door at right end; hatch with board door between.
Returns each have a door. Interior: timber frame complete, including sole plate,
wall posts with slight jowels and bolted knee braces to the beams, and arcade plate,
wall ties in aisle, staggered mid-rail, studs, raking braces, queen strut roof
trusses with principal rafters, staggered butt purlins, straight wind braces, pegged
rafters without ridge-piece carpenters marks. The farm which the barn served was
established some time between 1738 and 1771, when threshed wheat was being produced.
Browne's map of 1738, County Record Office.
Account book, October-December 1771 (R5/1044), County Record Office.

Listing NGR: SP9279833339

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26407845

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)