Barn Record Chester
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- Overview
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Designations
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Historic Significance
Architectural Description:
This is a 2 ½ story multi-bay eave-entry barn. The eastern gable-façade of the barn faces Winthrop Road while the southern eave-façade is the main façade. The southern main eave-façade of the barn appears to have four bays with two entrances- one on the first bay from the west through a pair of hooded dutch-doors and the other on the second bay from the west through a hinged pass-through door. The two entrances on the façade are separated by three six-pane stable windows. Two six-pane window inserts can be seen centered on the third bay and the fourth bay of the façade from the west. The southern eave-façade of the barn has an exterior-hung sliding hay door at the second floor level on the second bay from the west. The eastern eave-façade of the barn has a six-pane stable window towards the south and a two-pane stable-window towards the north at the first floor level. The six-pane stable window towards the north is framed with a trim at the sill-level. Evidence of a dutch-door can be seen towards the north of the two-pane stable window. A distinct dropped girt siding divide line can be seen separating the gable attic from the rest of the façade. The gable attic is punctuated by a six-pane window just below the apex of the roof. Exposed un-mortared cut-stone foundation can be seen along the façade below the siding line.
The wooden frame of the barn is supported on un-coursed un-mortared field-stone and cut-stone foundation. The barn has asphalt roofing and red painted vertical siding walls.
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
The Lynde Farm has been on this property since at least the early 1800's. Two Greek Revival houses, built by Lynde brothers in 1838 and 1839, after the original family home was burned, were at 52 and 53 Winthrop Road. They have both been dismantled and moved in the past 10-15 years. This red, vertical sided barn is still in the Lynde family. It has a relatively new asphalt roof. A number of other farm outbuilding are on the property. [Source: Diane Lindsay]
- Use & Accessibility
Use (Historic)
Use (Present)
Exterior Visible from Public Road?
Yes
Demolished
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Location Integrity
Unknown
- Environment
Related features
Environment features
Relationship to surroundings
The property is towards the west of Winthrop Road with dense woodland towards further west.
The barn is towards the south-east of the property with the main residence towards the north-west. Few patches of farm lands can be seen towards the north and north-west of the barn with few scattered outbuildings towards its west.
- 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
07/06/2010
Compiled By
T. Levine and M. Patnaik, reviewed by CT Trust
Sources
Photographs and information provided by –
Diane Lindsay, DianeDaveLindsay@att.netSexton, 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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