The historic and spectacular timber frame of Blue Barn, the last original building of the farm that owned and farmed the land which now forms the iconic St Georges Hill Estate at Weybridge, has been drawn, photographed, and numbered before being carefully dismantled for re-erection.
The barn had been preserved and used as a great hall adjacent to an early St Georges Hill Estate house which was built on the site of the original farmhouse in the early 1900s.
This new use for the barn protected the frame when other similar farm barns were becoming less and less used and being allowed to fall into disrepair.
The frame, constructed in oak and pine, is in exceptional condition. It comprises three bays with an open aisle along one side. The oak roof rafters are tenoned into the staggered butt purlins which are tenoned into heavy principle rafters which are then supported on queen struts; the impressive tie beams are supported on substantial wall posts and large curved braces, the whole, resulting in an exceptionally beautiful and impressive structure.
The frame is 10.92m long by 9.55m wide including the aisle which is 2.62m wide. The overall height of the frame to the apex of the roof is 7.30m. The windows, inserted in the early 1900s when the barn was converted to become the great hall, are a particular and pleasing feature.
The barn was dismantled in December 2023, just before the 1900s house was demolished, to be replaced by a new mansion.
The barn frame is now safely stored under cover at Dunsfold, Surrey and is immediately available and ready for re-erection.
Included with the sale of the frame is free consultancy on all aspects relating to the re-erection of the barn frame from specialists Antique Buildings Ltd.
