Summary

Thatched barn, probably built in the mid-1930s.

Description

Thatched barn, probably built in the mid-1930s.

MATERIALS: The roof is thatched with Norfolk reed and the walls are constructed of red brick.

PLAN: The barn is rectangular on plan, aligned north to south, with a wide door to the centre of the east elevation.

EXTERIOR: The barn is rectangular on plan and one-and-half storeys in height. The pitched roof is thatched with a Norfolk reed covering and has an ornamental ridge. The walls are constructed of red brick laid in English bond over a brick plinth, with tall, stepped buttresses, those to the corners being angled. The window openings are of pointed brick arches and contain leaded lights. To the centre of the east elevation is a segmental moulded-brick arch, containing a pair of vertically-panelled timber doors with original door furniture, which open to the north and south on rails. On the buttresses either side of the door are terracotta panels of thistles, probably for Marion Storey’s Scottish mother who lived with them at Burefield. The north and south gables each bear three terracotta panels of a rose and two marine symbols similar to a life ring. The north gable has a half-glazed oak door at mezzanine level with three leaded lights; no stair from the door survives and there is no evidence a stair existed.

INTERIOR: Internally the floor is of poured concrete. North and south of the main door are mezzanine levels. Two steel beams were introduced north and south of the door in the mid- or late-C20.

History

The barn 40m north-west of Burefield is part of the property of Burefield (NHLE 1494727). It dates from the period in the 1930s when the main house was extended and other ancillary service and garden buildings were erected in a picturesque style. Although undated it is no later than 1938 when it was surveyed for the Ordnance Survey map published in 1941.

For a more detailed history of Burefield see NHLE 1494727.

Reasons for Listing

The barn 40m north-west of Burefield is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Architectural interest:
* as an estate building, developing on the cottage orné style favoured for the earlier buildings at Burefield and the waterside chalets in the northern Broads;
* for the architectural quality of its elevations, and the high proportion of survival of original windows, doors and fixtures;
* for its strong vernacular quality and craftsmanship, employing locally sourced Norfolk reed and moulded brick.

Historic interest:
* as evidence of the evolving social, ecological, sporting and recreational history of the Broads in the late C19 and C20, and the increased demand for a quieter life in the countryside during the C20.

Group value:
* for the historic and functional group the barn forms with Burefield, a holiday cottage built around 1911 and extended as a family home in the mid-1930s, and its numerous estate buildings including a moon gate and garden wall, tractor shed and apple store, a car garage, tennis court, machinery shed, boat shed 65m south of the house and summerhouse, each listed at Grade II.

Recommended Books

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)