Description

TL 5447 LINTON CAMBRIDGE ROAD
(North Side)

13/85 Two barns to east
of east-west range
of barns west of
Little Linton
Farmhouse

GV II

Two barns. Original mid to late C16 barn with C17 alterations and
additions; later C17 barn added to west gable. Timber-framed and weather
boarded with brick plinth plastered; hipped corrugated asbestos roofs.
Original barn of six timber-framed bays with C17 aisle added to north with
gabled entrance blocked by C19 timber-frame. Wall frames with curved tension
braces. Double purlin roof with curved wind braces to upper purlins in each
bay. Jowelled posts with face-halved scarf joints to plates. Main double
entrance facing south remodelled in C20. Barn to west, of five timber-framed
bays with posts embedded in red brick plinth. Straight tension braces, side
purlin roof. Main double entrance facing south with opposing outshut. Barns
on this site are recorded on two estate maps.

Paris Map 1600. Pembroke College
Estate Map 1600. Essex R.O.
Estate Map 1779. Colchester R.O.

Listing NGR: TL5551847406

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26420578

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version