Brambletye Barn
BRAMBLETYE BARN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1027988
- Date first listed:
- 10-Apr-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Brambletye Barn
- Statutory Address:
- BRAMBLETYE BARN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1027988
- Date first listed:
- 10-Apr-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Brambletye Barn
- Statutory Address 1:
- BRAMBLETYE BARN
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BRAMBLETYE BARN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- East Sussex
- District:
- Wealden (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Forest Row
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 41530 35444
Details
FOREST ROW BRAMBLETYE 1. 5208 Brambletye Barn TQ 43 NW 4/21 II G.V
Barn. Early and later C18, C19 and C20 alterations. Timber frame faced with weatherboard (renewed C19), partly replaced by corrugated iron on south side, squared rubble on brick plinths. Hipped and gabled roofs extended with catslides on south and east sides: plain tile roof, mostly replaced by corrugated iron. A complex construction in an L plan: two threshing barns, one on south side(probably earlier) and one on east/side of a yard, subsequently linked by extension of south end of the east barn. A range of cattle sheds extends east from the north end of the east barn.
South barn range: five trussed bays with central threshing floor and opposing waggon doors, a double bay at hipped (west) end, an outshot or aisle on the south side to west of waggon door and an outshot at east end, both outshots on lower plinths, Jowelled bay posts, stud wall panels with intermediate rails between posts, tension braces, aisle arcade posts on south side have angle braces to plate. Straight or slightly curved braces to principal beams. Queen strut roof with straight wind braces to continuous side purlins. Staggered purlins to aisle roof with struts of aisle tie beams. High waggon doorway on north side, low doorway on south side with C19 boarded double doors. Raking shores to posts on either side of threshing floor with flanking boarded sills. On the south side a second waggon door to the east bay is a later insertion.
East barn range: three trussed bays with aisle on east side later extended south by irregular bay with aisle to align with and link to east end of south barn range. Three north bays, arcade posts, on stone plinths: extension on brick plinth. Stud wall panels to aisle and north gable wall, intermediate rails between posts, tension braces. Wall panels largely removed on west side. Original steep braces to aisle arcade plate and principal beams replaced by higher straight braces for improved headroom. Queen post trusses: collars with clasped purlins. In upper panel in north gable wall a five light window with diamond mullions, now blocked. East and south aisles have boarded shutter windows.
Cattle shed: five bay framed roof on posts, open to south and with squared rubble north and east end wall. Group value with ruins of Brambletye House (g.v) Barn also known as Wellington Barn. Used to house soldiers during encamp- ment at Brambletye in 1793.
Listing NGR: TQ4153035444
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 297073
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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