Description

ORCHARD PORTMAN CP
ST22SW ORCHARD PORTMAN VILLAGE

4/157 Barn on south side of foldyard at
Orchard Portman Farm
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GV II

Semi-detached barn adjoining range of farmbuildings at west end (not included in this list). Early-mid C18, reroofed
mid C19, minor alterations late C20. Red brick, English bond, plinth, slate roof, porch gabled roof altered to mansard.
Plan: barn with porch facing north onto foldyard, roof continued west to farm covered way linking mid C19 range of
buildings (not included). Ten or 11 bays, central 2-storey porch with square headed opening, square headed doorways end
bay right and to left of porch, diaper pattern ventilation holes with long ventilation slits below on facade, loft
opening west gable end, 2 tall stepped brick buttresses, co-eval with building, on rear elevation. Interior: largely
obscured by machinery, king-post roof. All that remains of the earlier Orchard Portman far. which was demolished and
rebuilt mid C19 when Orchard Portman House itself was razed to the ground. Although slightly altered, a good example of
an C18 brick barn.

Listing NGR: ST2455921340

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26313474

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Recommended Books

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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)