Description

STOKE: WHWU
5X84lM Barn and WWWr ddm-
STOKE FLEMING
SX84NW Barn and Former Cider-
5/140 house about 20 metres
S.E. of West Combe
Farmhouse

GV II

Barn extended by addition of a cider-house. Probably C17, extended in 1823.
Local slate rubble. Slate roof, mostly reclad in corrugated iron; gabled
right hand (south) end and half-hipped left (north) end.
Plan: The barn at the higher south end, extended in 1823 by the addition of
a cider-house at the lower north end with a loft above with access via
external stairs at the back (east). At the back are two C19 outshuts.
Exterior: 2 storey cider house at the lower north end and single storey
barn at the higher south end, all under a continuous roof. The west front
of the north end has a central doorway and a symmetrical arrangement of 2
windows on each floor, the ground floor's with segmented slate arches; the
first floor with timber lintel, the ground floor left hand is blind. Above
the doorway a small stone tablet inscribed "B over H.M. 1823". The barn to
the right (south) is built into a steep bank and its front wall is slightly
set back.
At the back (east) a flight of steps up to the left flanked by outshuts, the
left hand of which is now roofless.
Interior: At the north end the former cider-house has a loft floor. The
roof has straight principal rafters with lapped and pegged collars. Two of
the trusses are made from reused principals with mortices for threaded
and one has halving for a notched lapped joint.

Listing NGR: SX8427648576

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26457920

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