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- Overview
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Designations
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Historic Significance
Architectural Description:
This is a 1 ½ story eave-entry multi-bay barn with a saltbox-roof addition on its southern eave-façade and a L-shaped shed-roof addition on its western gable-façade. The southern eave-façade of the barn faces Scott Hill Road with the ridge-line running east-west parallel to the road. The main façade of the barn is the southern eave-façade of the saltbox-roof addition on the southern eave-façade of the main barn and has two main entrances, one each in the first bay. The main southern eave-façade of the barn has two main entrances, one each in the first bay and the second bay from the east. The main entrance in the first bay from the east is through a pair of hinged wagon doors while the main entrance in the second bay from the east is through a pair of arched hinged wagon doors. Three six-pane stable windows can be seen towards the west of the entrance in the second bay from the east which has a pair of wooden horse motifs adorned on the two arched door leafs. The southern side-wall of the shed-roof addition on the western gable-façade of the barn is partially flush with the main southern eave-façade towards the west. The western gable-façade of the barn has a distinct dropped girt siding divide line separating the gable attic above which has a single-pane window just below the apex of the roof. The façade has the L-shaped shed-roof addition which has another shed-roof addition on its north-west corner. The eastern gable-façade of the barn has a pass-through door at the center with the gable attic above separated by a distinct dropped girt siding divide line. The eastern side-wall of the saltbox-roof addition on the main southern eave-façade of the barn is flush with the eastern gable-façade towards the south. The façade has exposed un-coursed field-stone masonry foundation below the main barn while cement foundation of the saltbox-roof addition can be seen towards the south.
The wooden frame of the main barn is supported on un-coursed field-stone masonry foundation while the saltbox-roof addition is supported on cement foundation. The main barn along with the saltbox-roof and shed-roof additions has vertical siding walls and asphalt shingle roofing.
Historical Significance:The oldest barns still found in the state are called the “English Barn,” “side-entry barn,” “eave entry,” or a 30 x 40. They are simple buildings with rectangular plan, pitched gable roof, and a door or doors located on one or both of the eave sides of the building based on the grain warehouses of the English colonists’ homeland. The name “30 by 40” originates from its size (in feet), which was large enough for 1 family and could service about 100 acres. The multi-purpose use of the English barn is reflected by the building’s construction in three distinct bays - one for each use. The middle bay was used for threshing, which is separating the seed from the stalk in wheat and oat by beating the stalks with a flail. The flanking bays would be for animals and hay storage.
Field Notes
Historic use: agriculture, horses? Current use: storage, none Envir: rural, open fields, woods Relat feat: stone walls, shed Materials: concrete, fieldstone, vertical siding Roof: asphalt shingles Roof type: Gable Form: English wood frame
- Use & Accessibility
Use (Historic)
Use (Present)
Exterior Visible from Public Road?
Yes
Demolished
n/a
Location Integrity
Unknown
- Environment
Related features
Environment features
Relationship to surroundings
The property is towards the north of Scott Hill Road surrounded by dense woodland towards its north, east and west. Some residential plots can be seen towards the south of the property across the road.
The property has a row of trees along its southern edge with the barn towards the south-east abutting to Scott Hill Road. A patch of open land can be seen towards the north-west of the barn and a small gable-roof shed towards its north.
- Typology & Materials
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Building Typology
Materials
Structural System
Roof materials
Roof type
Approximate Dimensions
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- Source
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Date Compiled
07/21/2010
Compiled By
T. Levine and M. Patnaik, reviewed by CT Trust
Sources
Photographs and field notes provided by –
Susan Ververis, 12/7/2009Sexton, James, PhD; Survey Narrative of the Connecticut Barn, Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, Hamden, CT, 2005, http://www.connecticutbarns.org/history.
Visser, Thomas D.,Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings, University Press of New England, 1997
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