Description

SX 76 NE STAVERTON

2/154 Linhay at approx
IOOM north of Kingston
House

GV II

Linhay adjoining north end of Stables at Kingston House (q.v.) C18 incorporating
earlier materials, slightly modified C19. Limestone rubble, dressed rubble piers, end
and back wall cob on first floor; corrugated iron roof, previously thatch, hipped
at north end and abutting stable to south.
Plan: Rectangular 5 bay linhay with square section rubble piers; originally open
fronted to the east, with tallet (hay loft) over. Symmetrical front with four
piers; later rubble infillwalls at ground floor level and one re-used C16 Blight
diamond-set mullioned window on first floor.
Interior: 3 chamfered cross beams (probably re-used) survive and a 5 bay roof structure
with trenched purlins & pegged collars, the principal rafters (for threaded purlins)
re-used from elsewhere. One of the farm buildings attached to Kingston House (1743)
and probably re-using materials from its predecessor.

Listing NGR: SX7945865498

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26402275

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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