19th century timber framed garage at Parsonage Farm, Steeple Bumpstead (EHER 80279)

A 19th century timber-framed building, now used as a garage but previously a grain store, and originally built as the NW bay of a much longer range of open sided animal shelters.

July 2022. Heritage assessment. The outbuilding is a single celled timber-framed structure used as a garage and store, and brought to its present appearance in the 1950s. Whilst it is a standalone structure, it abuts the SW elevation of a late 20th century shelter that faces to the SE for the garden of the adjacent property known as The Vicarage. It is clad with mid 20th century weatherboards fixed with wire nails, and has a pair of mid 20th century vertically boarded gate and ledger doors. The roof is made of rusted corrugate iron sheets. The principal timbers are all reused from a variety of buildings. The structure was originally built as the NW bay of a much longer range of open sided early 19th century shelters and appears on the 1839 Tithe Map. The SE wall was inserted to close up the bay in the late 19th century, and to create a grain store sealed with lath and plaster and then later with brick noggin. It was later converted into a garage in 1958 by builder Patrick Argent, and there are many dates written in chalk and crayon on the collar and boards. <1>