Monument record 8188/1/1 - Blue Field Lodge Barn

Aisled barn with rubble gables and timber-framed side walls. Thatched roof. Built by the Earl of Westmorland in 1723. Now demolished?

{2} Aisled barn with rubble gables and timber-framed side walls. Thatched roof. Built by the Earl of Westmorland in 1723. The masonry, by John Dimbleby, cost £31.13.9. and the thatching, by Robert Bulmer, £6.18.0. (NRO, W(A) Misc. Vol. II). The parapeted gable walls have five tiers of ventilating slits. The roof has two trusses with long braces which rise to tie beams and arcade plates; above the tie beams are collars and raking struts, and the ridge piece is held by a short collar below it; staggered butt-purlins. Hipped-roofed porches cover the high entrance doors. Section.

<1> 1799, The Westmorland Papers, Misc.Vol.II (unchecked) (Document). SNN42177.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.15-16 (checked) (Series). SNN77384.

<3> 1778, Apethorpe Inclosure Plan 15, (unchecked) (Map). SNN102373.

<4> Historic England, Undated, BLUEFIELD LODGE, APETHORPE, BF084057 (Archive). SNN115942.

<5> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 85 (Book). SNN111989.

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Jan 25 2024 4:31PM