Farmbuildings Adjoining to North of North Frith Farmhouse Including Long Barn

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HADLOW ASHES LANE TQ 65 SW 3/5 Farmbuildings adjoining to north of North Frith Farmhouse, including Long Barn

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Ranges of farmbuildings. Dated 1856, some bomb blast damage in 1944, part converted to domestic accommodation circa 1980. Brick, mostly Flemish bond; most is ochre-yellow in colour but red brick and burnt headers are used decoratively; peg-tile roof, stable range replaced with conrete pantiles.

Plan: Large E-plan building facing south and containing a complex of various farmbuildings. Long tall range across the back with 3 ranges projecting forward. The back range contains a former threshing barn to right (east) which has now been converted to domestic use. The left end faces north. It is open at ground floor level with a feed store. A cottage with large projecting gable-end stack projects northwards from the centre of this back range. It has been converted to domestic use along with the former barn and is now known as Long Barn. The projecting block was built as a forge. The open-fronted section was used for carts and horses waiting for the blacksmith. The central of the 3 front ranges is taller and wider; it was a milking parlour and includes a row of lean-to pig sties along the right (east) side. Each end are low ranges containing animal houses facing inside. The left one was probably stables, the right one cow houses. A passageway runs through the wings alongside the rear range. North Firth Farmhouse (q.v.) is at the front end of the right (eastern) end.

Exterior: Original windows have segmental arches over and contain iron-framed pivoted casements with glazing bars. Original sliding plank doors. All the buildings have eaves cornices of cogged brick which are carried round the gable-ends. The threshing barn has been considerably altered when converted to Long Barn. The large central double doorway has been reduced and a series of large segmental-headed windows punched through. Most of the rest has been little altered since it was built. The open arcade to the rear of the rear range is carried on cast-iron columns under a large oak lintel. Above are 2 windows each side of a loading hatch doorway. The front (south) gable end of the milking parlour has a large central doorway with a winder overlight above with segmental arched head. Each side are small doorways and there is an extra one to right into the front end of the pig sties. The top section of the low-pitch gabled roof is lifted slightly to provide ventilation. In the apex there is a stone plaque inscribed EG 1856. Along both side walls is a series of lunette windows. Those to left have their original slatted windows and those on the right have sliding windows fitted to the inside of the wall. The roof includes sections of glass tiles to provide more light. The low left ranges contains stable doors and windows. The windows and doors on the outer (west) side are C20 insertions. The right range originally contained an 8-bay arcade of elliptical-headed arches with brick imposts; the arcade is now blocked. An ornate wrought iron weather vane is set into the ridge of the rear block roof. It contains the initials NF (North Frith) with the date 1856.

Interior: Has plain but sturdy carpentry. The roofs are king post trusses and the milking parlour roof is of aisled construction.

These attractive farmbuildings form part of a good group with the oast (q.v.), granary (q.v.) and North Frith Farmhouse (q.v.) which was built as a model farm by the owners of North Frith House.

Listing NGR: TQ6242949383

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