| Description | Manor Farm barn (The Tithe Barn), Thorner.
'Barn. Late medieval timbered interior, perhaps some contemporary walling with alteration to south aisle mid C18, C20 alterations. Random rubble sandstone to early work (partly rendered), C18 hammer dressed stone, C20 red brick patching; asbestos roof. Aisled, of 7 bays. North side: large doorway cut into 1st bay of aisle up to first purlin in roof. Doorway in 3rd bay has square base block to left, wooden lintel and plank door. To right, occupying 4th and 5th bays brick wall. Other bays have rubble walls. Rear: south side: quoins; aisle cut back in centre 3 bays with former stables in outer bays with quoined angles. 3rd bay has tall cart entry with harr hung doors. 4th bay in hammer dressed stone. 5th bay has posts on pad stones visible with mortises for aisle ties, set between C20 brick. Within the re entrant angles of aisles doorways, one with stable door. Right hand return: rendered gable has large doorway cut in the lintel recently raised c1985. Left hand gable of rubble.
Interior: brick wall divides the barn into 3 + 4 bays. Posts, on pad stones, have joweled heads and long curved braces to arcade plate and tie beam. Heavy aisle ties, some with curved principals. Wall plate sits on aisle tie which has mortise holes to soffit and remains of wall post (sawn flush) indicating formerly timber framed external walls. Original arcade plate and tie beams, some heavily cambered, but all except 3rd truss have replaced principals and struts. 3rd truss has steeply pitched principal rafters and single curved angle strut. 4th truss retains original curved struts. Purlins re used from previous timbered structure, most replaced in softwood. Rafters replaced except for 3rd bay where some square cut rafters survive'.
(English Heritage listed building description. Date listed 22/07/1986. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1227580. Web site accessed 28/11/2013).
Manor Farm Barn was visited by Peter Thornborrow (WYAS) c. 1984 the photographic images produced by the visit are held in the HER (Thornborrow, P.H. (WYAS). c.1984).
Manor Farm barn was the subject of a planning application in 1995 to '...carry out alterations including new first floor and new door and window openings' (Leeds Council planning reference number 33/240/95/LI). The architect's plans associated with this application have been retained in the HER (Rural Scene. 1995. 'Manor Farm Thorner. Existing layout of aisled barn'). A comprehensive building conservation assessment, which provides details of condition and advice of conservation and restoration, was produced at this time. A copy of this document is held in the HER (Rural Buildings Preservation Trust. 1995. 'Building conservation assessment. Aisled barn, Manor Farm, Thorner').
In 1999 the WYAS Advisory Service comissioned the West Yorkshire Archaeology Service to undertake a basic photographic record of the barn. A copy of the photographic survey is on file in the HER (WYAS, 1999).
Manor Farm barn was the subject of a planning application in 2001 for the conversion of the barn to form two dwellings (Leeds Council planning reference number 33/361/01/FUL). The architect's plans associated with this application have been retained in the HER (John and Jennifer Wharton: Architect Designers. 2001). |