Description

SX 68 NE CHAGFORD

3/50 Barn approximately 25 metres
- south-west of Lower Corndon
Cottage
GV II

Barn converted to stables. C18, possibly earlier core. Granite stone rubble with
roughly-dressed granite quoins, cob on wall top; corrugated iron roof (formerly
thatch).
Plan and description: former barn, now stables with hayloft over, facing east. Front
has a doorway with hayloft loading hatch over (both with plain C19 doors), in the
blocking of a tall doorway with oak lintel. There is no sign of an opposing doorway
in the rear wall. Right end wall has a slit window in the blocking of a small
doorway. Left (south) end wall has a central slit window at ground and first floor
levels. Roof is half-hipped each end.
Interior: inserted hayloft floor carried on roughly soffit-chamfered crossbeams. C20
stalls. 5-bay roof of A-frame trusses with pegged and spiked lap-jointed collars.
Barn forms part of a group with the nearby byre (q.v.) and Lower Corndon and Lower
Corndon Cottage (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SX6921785306

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26400078

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