Description

CHRISTOW FOXHOLE HILL (off), Christow
SX 88 NW
2/115 Threshing barn about 80 metres
west of Southwood Farmhouse
GV II
Threshing barn. Probably late C17. Cob on stone rubble footings ; corrugated iron
roof, gabled at ends.
Plan: Threshing barn, rectangular on plan, with the remains of a horse engine house
on the west side. The barn has opposed doors.
Exterior: Partly lofted. Pair of probably C18 doors on front in centre in a
chamfered pegged doorframe. The horse engine house at the rear is partly stone, the
corrugated iron roof supported in part by a granite monolith.
Interior: Part of the timber threshing floor survives. The rear door is probably
also C18 with ingenious timber bolts with catches to the upper and lower door.
Roof: 2 circa late C17 trusses with straight main rafters, the collars halved and
dovetailed on to the rafters, diagonally-set ridge, trenched purlins.

Listing NGR: SX8340586103

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26457531

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living