Temple Elfold Barn and Attached Cattle Shelter
TEMPLE ELFOLD BARN AND ATTACHED CATTLE SHELTER, TEMPLE LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1272420
- Date first listed:
- 06-Nov-2002
- List Entry Name:
- Temple Elfold Barn and Attached Cattle Shelter
- Statutory Address:
- TEMPLE ELFOLD BARN AND ATTACHED CATTLE SHELTER, TEMPLE LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1272420
- Date first listed:
- 06-Nov-2002
- List Entry Name:
- Temple Elfold Barn and Attached Cattle Shelter
- Statutory Address 1:
- TEMPLE ELFOLD BARN AND ATTACHED CATTLE SHELTER, TEMPLE LANE
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:
- TEMPLE ELFOLD BARN AND ATTACHED CATTLE SHELTER, TEMPLE LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Surrey
- District:
- Mole Valley (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Capel
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 19082 39643
Details
CAPEL
1896/0/10024 TEMPLE LANE 06-NOV-02 Temple Elfold Barn and attached cattle shelter
II
Barn and attached cattle shelter. Barn of c1600 with some C18 alterations, cattle shed of mid to late C18 date, forming an L-shaped range. BARN: Timberframed, clad in weatherboarding on a base of English bond brickwork with gabled plaintiled roof. Off central cart entrance with double doors. Some openings with ledged and braced doors. Side purlin roof clasped by collars and supported by queenstruts and the rafters are without ridgepiece. Two diagonal braces survive. The wall frame has midrail, jowled posts to east and west sides, curved braces to tiebeam and ten curved tension braces survive. The south end has C18 framing and a higher midrail suggesting the barn may originally have extended one bay further to the south. CATTLE SHELTER: Timberframed, clad in weatherboarding with tiled roof. It is of four bays, open fronted to the north where it is supported on three piers. The roof has tie beam and short curved braces. The rafters have no ridgepiece. HISTORY: The Manor of Elfold was given to the Templars in the late C13, later passing to the Knights Hospitallers. The main house was built by Sir Richard Cowper c1541. The barn is shown on John Rocque's map of 1768.
[Domestic Buildings Research Group Surrey Report No. 4609.]
TQ1908239648
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 489840
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Domestic Buildings Reserach Group Surrey Report in Report Number 4609, ()
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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