Historic Barns of Connecticut

Designations

• State Historic Resource Inventory

Historic Significance

Architectural description:

The building is an example of a common building type in Redding: a secondary residence on the property.

The building is a 1.5-story, board-and-batten, gable-roofed house with the main entry through a door into a shed-roofed section attached to one gable o the building.  Windows are located at each corner of the eaves walls and centrally located on both floors of the gable end without the entry.  A pair of windows are located over the entry section, which also has two pair of windows flanking the outside corner opposite the door.

Historical significance:

A shed is typically a simple, single-story structure in a back garden or on an allotment that is used for storage, hobbies, or as a workshop. Sheds vary considerably in the complexity of their construction and their size, from small open-sided tin-roofed structures to large wood-framed sheds with shingled roofs, windows, and electrical outlets. Sheds used on farms or in industry can be large
structures.

Field Notes

n/a

Use (Historic)

• residence

Use (Present)

• residence

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Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Demolished

n/a

Location Integrity

Original Site

Related features

n/a

Environment features

• Residential
• Scattered Buildings
• Woodland

Relationship to surroundings

This is a small outbuilding at the rear of the property.

Building Typology

• Other Shed

Materials

• Board & Batten
• Fieldstone

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Structural System

• Wood Frame

Roof materials

• Asphalt Shingle

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Roof type

• Gable

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Approximate Dimensions

14 x 28

Date Compiled

06/30/2011

Compiled By

James Sexton, PhD - KY

Sources

Sexton, James, The Town of Redding Historic Outbuildings Survey, April, 2011.

Sexton, 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, 213 pages.

Redding Assessor’s Database:
http://data.visionappraisal.com/ReddingCT/search.asp - 4/30/2011.

Aerial Mapping:
http://www.bing.com/maps - 4/30/2011.