Description

SD 99 NW MUKER CALVERT HOUSES

14/135 Cow Byre approximately 10
metres south-east of West
Calverts House

GV II

Cow byre with hayloft above. Dated 1695. Coursed rubble, stone slate
roof. 2 storeys, 2 first-floor windows. Central board door. Single-light
chamfered windows. Shaped kneelers, ashlar copings. Single-storey lean-to
projection to left. Pent-roofed single-storey lean-to projection to right,
formerly pig-sty. Rear elevation: board door in ashlar quoined, chamfered
EM
surround with "1695" on lintel. External steps to hayloft. Interior: line
of original roof of much steeper pitch, probably for thatch. 2 moulded
arch-braced collar-beam roof trusses, with short crown-posts, ridge plate
and butt purlins, 1 curved-principal rafter truss with collar and trenched
purlins. The original purpose of this building seems to have been neither
domestic nor agricultural.

Listing NGR: SD9249697992

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26424484

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)