Description

DODDISCOMBSLEIGH
SX 88 NW
2/119 Social centre and barn,
immediately west of Sheldon
26.3.75
Farmhouse
GV II
Outbuilding, converted to social centre, and barn. Probably late C17 or C18,
outbuilding remodelled late C20. Whitewashed rendered cob and stone ; corrugated
iron roof, half-hipped at end of barn, hipped at end of outbuilding.
Plan: The outbuilding is parallel to and in front of the house to the west, the barn
at right angles to it adjoining at the north end. The conversion of the outbuilding
to a social centre has involved repartitioning and new roof timbers but it remains
important to the setting of the house.
Exterior: 2 storey outbuilding with a modern doorway to right of centre and a large
modern window to the right, 2 first floor loft loading doors converted to modern
windows. The barn, which has a C20 rear lean-to, is single-storey with a large
doorway on the front with a timber lintel and a blocked window to the right.
Interior: Outbuildings modernized, barn has C19 or C20 roof trusses.
Group value with chapel and farmhouse.

Listing NGR: SX8391987010

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26457547

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)