NHER 51640 (Building record) - Barn at White Gables Farm

July 2008. Building Recording.
Archaeological building recording of barn at White Gables Farm prior to alterations.
Single storey oblong building with a ridged pantile roof and gables at each end. It is five bays, the most southern being enclosed as a room whilst the other four consitute an open unit. The north end gablehas been emolished, although a neighbouring barn provides a replacement wall. A breeze block cow shed has been built against the western side of the building. A tall barn of brick and breeze block has been built across the northern end of the building.
A workshop is located at the south end of the structure, and is a small, oblong room. It has a window in its south wall and a door in its north wall, both of which are original to the building. There is no glass or frame in the window, and outside it has a segmental arch of brick comprising two courses. The north wall contains a doorway with brick jams and a tiber lintel, but apart from this the north wall is plain both sides. Both the east and west walls of the workshop are plain inside and out. The walls are built of handmade brick, mostly English bond, although the west wall is of flemmish bond.
The area between the workshop and the north wall are taken up with storage and are divided by steel gates. There is no evidence of any original features inthe west wall, and it has been broken through to create a window and a door. The window and door are both blocked with bricks. At the north end of the west wall a door has been inserted and is in current use. The east wall consists of late twentieth century brickwork. All floors are uneven concrete.
The pitched roof is of red pantile peaked with terracotta coping tiles. It is supported by six equally spaced timber queen post trusses. Cartographic and documentary evidence indicates the farm was in existance at least as early as the 1790s.
See report (S1) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.320).
H. Hamilton (NLA), 15 July 2008. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 June 2019.