Description

SS 72 NW BISHOP'S NYMPTON

1/30 Threshing barn and horse engine
- house about 10 metres east of
West Mill Farmhouse
GV. II

Threshing barn and horse engine house. Barn probably C18, horse engine house late
C19. Barn cob on stone rubble footings with a bitumen-painted slate roof, gabled at
ends. Stone rubble horse engine house in use as bullock shed.
Plan: Rectangular on plan with the horse engine house attached to the back. The barn
is parallel to and facing the farmhouse across a narrow yard.
Exterior: The barn has a large pair of threshing doors in the centre with a timber
lintel and a raised timber threshing floor. Smaller door to the right, loft door to
first floor left.
Interior: Barn not inspected. The horse engine house retains its engine beam.
Group value with West Mill Farmhouse.

Listing NGR: SS7401825084

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401078

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)