Description

CODDENHAM LOWER road
TM 15 NW
5/30 Barn 40 metres north-west
- of Choppins Hill House
GV
II

Barn, C14 with major alterations principally of early C19. 5 bays, 2 aisles.
Timber-framed and weatherboarded. Roman pantiled roof. Pairs of boarded barn
doors at the centre bay. The south-east arcade and north-east gable are the
most complete features. Each open truss has (or had) square-sectioned tie-beam
braces and passing-braces, the latter rising from the ailes and being tenoned
into the underside of the main tie-beam. The closed truss is similar but has
widely-spaced studwork. The surviving arcade-braces have slight reversed
(convex) curvature. An original arcade-plate scarf joint is splayed within
sallied and under squinted butts. The roof was renewed in C19; it was probably
once of coupled-rafter form. The north-west aisle has some C16/C17 framing,
but much of the building was remodelled in C19. A rare example, particularly
in East Suffolk, of a mediaeval aisled barn; and of further interest because
near-contemporary with its farmhouse.

Listing NGR: TM1373755455

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26477084

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
• 
  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  For the Record
• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)