later additions and were undoubtedly in connection with the later machinery for this operation. When the barns were of aisled construc­tion, resulting in low eaves, a gable within the roof had to be provided to enable the loaded waggon to enter the barn. A porch as such was not provided, for generally it did not […]

Of all timber-framed buildings, those connected with the farm are perhaps the most vulnerable. In most cases these buildings have no future, for all – barns, granaries, cattlesheds, stables, cartsheds and other traditional farm buildings – were functional buildings designed for a specific purpose which few can now satisfactorily serve. The usefulness of the barn […]

175. House, High Street, Castle Donington, Leicestershire their effectiveness in this respect. At Woundale Farm, Woundale, Claverley (173), Shropshire, the upper floor is also open, and the purpose of this structure must have been ornamental rather than practical. Certainly timber-framed porches were regarded as being of high social standing, for even in those areas where […]

that still survive are at Frocester Court, Gloucestershire, with four gables, and Rectory Farm, Northmoor, Oxfordshire (172). Only one of these small timber-framed gatehouses survives in the north of England, at Bolton Percy, near Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, an early fifteenth-century structure with fine detailing restored with the aid of Avoncroft Museum of Buildings in 1974. […]

were constructed of timber and, although unfortunately most have now disappeared, a few still survive. Several, such as those at Ashby-St Ledger, Northamptonshire, Wigmore Abbey, Hereford & Worcester, and Bromfield Abbey, Shropshire, have a lower storey of stone, while others, such as the Old Hall, Mavesyn Ridware, Staffordshire, have been underbuilt in brick. The majority, […]