Description

TL 3612 GREAT AMWELL WALNUT TREE WALK
(north side)

11/4 Two adjacent Barns at
Amwellbury Farm
40 metres west-south-west of
Amwellbury Farmhouse

GV II

2 barns in line facing W. C18. Tall unaisled black
weatherboarded, timberframed barns with steep gabled roofs and
low red brick sill walls. Larger and higher S barn has a slated
roof, central double doors and structural bays with the 2nd and
4th bays narrower than the others. It has a principal rafter and
butt-purlin roof with 2 purlins to each slope. Long curved
braces in the walls and supporting the tie-beams. Curved angle
braces in front doorway and unusual curved bracing from wall-
plate to lintol over the blocked rear door. The narrower 3-bay N
barn is at a lower level and is set back on the W side. It is
now roofed in slates with gaps for ventilation. Clasped-purlin
roof structure with collar and angle braces to each truss. Long
curved braces to tie-beams. One purlin to each slope. Irregular
English bond red brickwork in sill wall. Historic weatherboarded
barns forming a picturesque group with Amwellbury Farmhouse.

Listing NGR: TL3637512921

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26349545

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Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)