Description

TL 12 NE PRESTON OFFLEY HOLES

2/100 Barn and adjoining
cartshed on roadside
at Offley Holes Farm

GV II

Barn and cartshed. Early C17 barn, early C19 cartshed. Timber frames on
brick sills, dark weatherboarded. Steep pitched roofs, barn thatched up
to 1928, now of corrugated sheeting. A large 6-bays aisled barn facing E
with 3-bays lower open fronted cartshed adjoining on N also facing E,
and 2 projecting gabled porches to the barn in the 2nd and 5th bays from
the N. The latter porch has a gable triangle jettied out and pierced for
a dovecote. Interior of barn not divided by crosswall but floor steps
down in stages from S to N. Barn has heavy jowled arcade posts, long
straight braces to arcade posts and cambered tie-beams. Clasped-purlin
roof with 2 purlins to each slope. Upper-purlin clasped by high collar:
the lower by inclined heavy straight queen-posts widening as they rise.
Aisle-ties to low aisle walls. Thin pole rafters for thatch. Face-halved
bladed scarf joints in arcade plates.

Listing NGR: TL1679426370

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26396492

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]