Description

SE 3519 and SE 3520
6/106

WARMFIELD-CUM-HEATH
KIRKTHORPE LANE (east side, off)
Heath Hall Farm Barn and attached farm buildings

GV
II
2 barns at right angles and outbuildings with dovecote, partly converted to
dwellings. Mid-C17 and mid-C18 with mid-C20 conversion work to form dwelling.
Forms a U-shaped block. Hammer-dressed stone, some brick to rear of added C18
barn (facing walled garden); C20 Bradstone roof to main ranges, stone slate roofs
to 2 lower outbuildings. C17 7-bay barn to left has two C18 additions at right
angles, one with pair of low arched doorways with impost band, pedimented gable
with bullseye. To right, stone stair to 1st-floor doorway at junction with added
C18 range of 7 bays: doorways with monolithic jambs alternate with square windows;
square windows above with plain-stone surrounds, filled with wooden latticed
ventilators. At right angles, breaking forward, fine 9-bay barn has 2 tall
segmental-arched cart-entries with composite jambs, skewbacks and chamfered surrounds
which flank 2 rows of 7 arrowslit ventilators. At right angles to this barn,
forming 3rd side of courtyard, is building with stone stair to 1st-floor doorway and
2 other doorways to right, one leading into dovecote. Coped gable with kneelers.
Rear of main barn has similar tall cart-entries and ventilators. Left end comprises
house taken out of barn: 4 bays of sash windows with lintels and sills with 2 windows
above. Left-hand return of this range: 5 bays with inserted ground-floor doorways
and windows, original square windows to 1st floor. Hipped roof to right. 2 ridge
stacks.

Interior: C17 barn: principal rafter roof trusses with large curved angle braces.
Added C18 range: fish-bone king-post roof with large wooden wheel hoist. Large
barn at right-angles to this range has fine fish-bone king-post trusses with extra
king-post either side and angle struts.

Listing NGR: SE3563320325

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26428939

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