Barn and cowhouse and shelter shed adjoining at Biggins Farm (50 metres to west of house)
Barn and cowhouse and shelter shed adjoining at Biggins Farm (50 metres to west of house), Barwick Ford
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1102381
- Date first listed:
- 23-Nov-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Barn and cowhouse and shelter shed adjoining at Biggins Farm (50 metres to west of house)
- Statutory Address:
- Barn and cowhouse and shelter shed adjoining at Biggins Farm (50 metres to west of house), Barwick Ford
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- Date:
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- Reference:
- IOE01/00642/34
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1102381
- Date first listed:
- 23-Nov-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Barn and cowhouse and shelter shed adjoining at Biggins Farm (50 metres to west of house)
- Statutory Address 1:
- Barn and cowhouse and shelter shed adjoining at Biggins Farm (50 metres to west of house), Barwick Ford
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:
- Barn and cowhouse and shelter shed adjoining at Biggins Farm (50 metres to west of house), Barwick Ford
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Standon
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 39666 19026
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 18 April 2023 to reformat the text to current standards
TL 31 NE
4/11
STANDON
BARWICK FORD (east side)
Barn and cowhouse and shelter shed adjoining at Biggins Farm (50 metres to west of house)
II
Barn and adjoining cowhouse and shelter-shed. C17 barn, C18 cowhouse, late C18/early C19 shelter shed. Timber-frames, weatherboarded on brick sills. Steep slate roof to barn, lower pitched slate roof to sheltershed, and steep red tile roof to cowshed. A tall five-bay barn lying north-south with closed gabled porch in middle of west side and double doors opposite. Jowled posts with straight braces to tie beams, staggered mid-height rails and straight tension braces in the walls. Hybrid roof structure with an upper clasped-purlin but a butt jointed lower purlin, staggered in line. Trusses have a high collar and diagonal struts across the lower angles. Face-halved bladed scarf in wall plate. Lower five-bay cowhouse in line to south has unjowled posts, curved braces to tie beams and clasped-purlin roof with angled queen-strut trusses. Large door on east in second bay from south. Low four-
bay shelter shed extending east from south part of barn, with open front to yard on south. Roof hipped at east. Clasped-purlin roof with queen-strut trusses and curved braces to tie beams and to the wall plate from the posts along the open front. East bay enclosed with weatherboarding with a stable type door. A picturesque group of historic farm buildings.
Listing NGR: TL3966619026
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 160992
- 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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