Description

COLAN
SW 86 SE
6/2 Range of barns about 50 metres
- south east of Lowertown Farmhouse
II

Range of barns. Mid - late C19 with few later alterations. Slatestone and elvan
rubble. Slate roofs with ridge tiles and gable ends ; gable end stacks with brick
shafts.
Plan: Large asymmetrical barn in 3 ranges, two to left and one to right, with an
enclosed area between. The gable ends face the front, forming three parallel
buildings. The 2 to right are enclosed at the rear by a screen wall. Gothic style.
Exterior: The tallest barn is to left, slightly advanced, with the gable end to
front; this has an upper loading door with cranked head, set in a pointed arched
opening; brick stack above. Wider lower gabled barn to right with pointed arched 2-
light casement at ground floor and 2-centred arched loading door with keystone above.
Stable door at the right side. There is a C20 gabled roof over the open bay to
right. This end barn to right has a depressed 2-centred arched double doorway with
ventilation slit to right and left, and a loading door above with 2-centred arched
head. Gable end stack above. At the right side there is a 2-light window with
shutters and cranked head, and single door. At the left side there are three
doorways at ground floor, the central one wider with a 4-centred stone arch. Three
small loading doors above with shutters. At the rear, there is a screen wall
enclosing two barns, with a gable end to right. In the screen wall are 3 loading
doors at upper level, with triangular heads, the central one with blocked pointed
arched ventilation slit to right and left and a small gable over. There is a
straight joint to the gable end to right, with concrete external stair leading to a
similar loading door and 2-light window with cranked head and shutters.
Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW8649461059

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26437080

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record