Description

SK 35 NE PARISH OF BRACKENFIELD BRACKENFIELD LANE
4/2 (East Side)
Barn to south-east of
31-1-67 Roadnook Farmhouse
GV II (formerly listed as
Barn at Roadnook Farm)

Threshing barn. 1683 with later alterations and C19 addition. Red brick with
gritstone foundations, dressings, quoins and addition. Stone slate roof with
moulded stone copings. Plain kneelers. Ball finials, probably C20, to eaves and
ridge at west end. Single storey, six bays. Large threshing entrance with curved
timber lintel and segmental brick voussoired arch over, to third bay from east.
C20 metal door. To either side, stepped brick buttresses with gritstone copings.
Similar doorway and buttresses to rear. Blank walls to sides except for regular
pattern of cross shaped breathers. West gable has centrally placed, flush quoined
doorcase with moulded architrave and lintel. Moulded hood over. Above, square
stone plaque with moulded architrave, inscribed 'S? 1683'. C19 addition to east
gable wall with two quoined doorcases to north. Interior has five queen post
trusses, some considerably repaired.

Listing NGR: SK3707458124

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26452233

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)