Rotten Row, Furneux Pelham, Hertfordshire. Historic Building Recording

In April and May 2011 Archaeological Solutions (AS) conducted an historic building recording at Rotten Row, Furneux Pelham, Hertfordshire (NGR TL 41655 27305). The recording was undertaken in compliance with a planning condition attached to planning approval for the proposed repair and maintenance of a small barn (EHDC Planning Ref. 3/10/0422/FP). Technical analysis suggests that the building forms a fragment of a larger building of probable late medieval or 16th century date. Only two early bays survive, together with the eastern gable below roof level, but this in turn displays some complexity, suggesting that while the north wall survives in its original form with little alteration, the south wall has been repaired or reconfigured using original material. The barn has undergone many subsequent piecemeal alterations and additions, none of historic interest and most of poor quality.