Description

SO 71 SW WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN CHAXHILL

11/200 Barn and Cowhouse, Pound Farm

GV II

Barn and cowhouse; early C19; random rubble stone; coursed
squared stone to cowhouse and cartshed; tiled roof. L-plan,
single storey. 3-bay barn on approach to house: double boarded
doors to threshing floor, at far end of barn from road: segmental
head to frame, brick arch above. To left 2 rows of 3 slit air
vents. Circular owl-hole in gable on left return: gable set on
splay to match line of road.
Internally barn open, with collar and tie-beam trusses, and 2 pairs
of purlins. Hipped cartshed against gable, with undoored opening
to approach to house, timber lintel over forms wallplate. 10-bay
cowhouse abuts back of cartshed, nearly at right-angles to barn.
Originally open fronted to yard against barn, with square timber
posts with angle struts to wallplate at head: some openings now
boarded up. Collar and tie-beam truss: wind-braces from
wallplate upwards, cutting rafters. Backs onto road. Single
storey range runs from barn towards house. Range opposite
cowhouse, at right-angles to barn, running out from threshing
floor, not of special interest. Cowhouse and barn probably of
same date, but better stone to former as against the then main
road. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SO7400114397

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26394939

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)