Description

MORETONHAMPSTEAD POUND STREET, Moretonhampstead
SX 7586
9/167 Linhay immediately west of Pound
- Cottage
GV II

Small field linhay. Circa late C18. Granite rubble, with some cob in higher
sections of rear north wall. Steeply pitched hipped corrugated iron roof.
Small 2-storey single cell rectangular plan building; probably originally open-
fronted, the ground floor of front filled in with granite rubble wall with central
stairway and one very small window either side with granite lintels. The loft
above is clad in corrugated iron. At rear north a wooden boarded leanto extension.
Interior without partitions. Original roof structure: the principal rafters halved
and pegged at apex, the straight collars halved and pegged to face of principals.
The cranked wall posts at the front are pegged and nailed to the faces of the feet
of the principal rafters.
An attractive small farm building which forms part of a good farm group including
Pound Cottage and its adjoining linhay and the barn immediately north-west of Pound
Cottage (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SX7523085813

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389449

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)