Jaywick Martello Tower: Barns in Essex and Elsewhere
For the first of our Autumn 2022 talks Ken Bonham will be at JMT discussing Barns in Essex and Elsewhere.
For the first of our Autumn 2022 talks Ken Bonham will be at JMT discussing the great barn at St. Osyth Priory, timber framed barns in Essex, Medieval aisled barns including Coggeshall and Cressing Temple barns.
Medieval craftsman builders. Regional barn types and the geology that dictates them. Cruck barns and raised-cruck barns.
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