Description

BUCKNELL C.P. THE MYND
SO 37 SE
12/39 The Bytack and
attached barn
23.9.86
-
II

Farmhouse and attached barn. Farmhouse. Late C16 or early C17 with later
additions and alterations. Timber framed with plastered wattle and daub
infill on chamfered rubblestone plinth; uncoursed limestone rubble to left
gable end and to C17 addition, the whole partially clad in corrugated iron;
slate roof. Original single-cell plan extended to right in late C17, at
which time barn was also added. One storey and attic. Framing: only
partially visible, irregular square panels. Boarded door to far right of
earlier part with leaded casement immediately to left. Two C19 gabled eaves
dormers with cast-iron casements. Integral red brick end stack to left.
Barn. Corrugated iron-clad timber frame on rubblestone plinth, higher to
right where ground drops; corrugated iron roof. Plank door to far left.
Interior of house. Left ground-floor room has chamfered spine beam and
plain joists with original stone plinth dividing it from right room, which
also has chamfered ceiling beam and joists. Stone-flagged floor to left
room, which has straight-flight staircase to rear right corner; large open
fireplace with bread oven to right. First floor has single-purlin roof
with central collar and tie beam truss, formerly external to right gable
end of original house. Wide boarded oak floor boards with step down to
right room. Barn. Framing visible; vertical posts with long straight
tension braces to partitions. Single-purlin roof in 4 bays with raking
struts from tie beams to principal rafters. Stone-flagged floor to 2 left bays
and cobblestones to 2 right bays. In process of restoration at time of resurvey
(July 1986).

Listing NGR: SO3542074813

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26493768

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