Description

ROBOROUGH
SS 5717
19/162 Barton Court and adjoining barn and
- outbuildings

GV II

Shown on 0.S. map as West Rapson.
Farmhouse, now house, with adjoining barns and outbuildings. Probably late C17 or
early C18 house with probably later C18 or early C19 alterations and additions
(including barn) and probably late C19 or early C20 minor addition. Minor late C20
alterations. House rendered to front (probably over cob) and painted stone rubble to
rear, and gable-ended thatched roof with brick end stacks. C20 clay tiles to rear
wing. Barn of uncoursed stone rubble, with some cob (above entrance), and gabled-
ended C20 clay tile roof. Stone and cob outbuilding with half-hipped corrugated-iron
roof.
Plan and development: Two-room central-entrance plan, sited at right angles to the
road (facing south). Integral brick end stacks. Probably later wing projecting at
right angles to rear, possibly late C18 or early C19, with late C19 (or later) lean-
to outshut in angle. Barn adjoining at right-hand end, probably a late C18 or later
addition (possibly an alteration of an earlier barn - see small section of cob). Low
range of probably late C18 or early C19 outbuildings projecting at right angles to
front of the left-hand end. Two-storey house with one-storey outshut and
outbuildings.
Exterior: Symmetrical 2-window front; 2-light small-paned wooden casements. Central
late C20 lean-to stone porch with late C20 panelled door. Range of outbuildings
adjoining at right angles to left has 2 plank doors with wooden lintels. Barn
adjoining the right-hand end of the house has a central pair of large plank doors
with flanking buttresses (remains of shallow porch) and a wooden lintel (with cob
above). Left-hand gable end of the house has a 2-light wooden casement to each floor
and a projecting lean-to bread oven.
Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS5731917936

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26440565

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