Description

1. POUND LANE 5411 (South Side)

Barton Farmhouse ST8260 2/1 18.4.52.

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2. During the Middle Ages, Barton Farm was a grange of Shaftesbury Nunnery. The Farmhouse is mostly early C18, with portions dating from the late Middle Ages. L-shaped building with a short leg projecting forward at right-angles to the main north frontage. This wing is late medieval in date. 2 storeys. Ashlar. Single first-floor room over square archway supported by timbering, under which the road passes to the west and Barton Bridge. Diagonal corner buttresses. Stone capping on roof-ridge and gable-end parapets with saddle-stones. Main elevation of farmhouse also of ashlar with stone-tiled roof. 2 storeys plus attics in 3 gables. String-courses divide the storeys. 5 windows with projecting surrounds, sashes, no glazing bars. Centre window on first-floor and all ground-floor windows have semi-circular heads with keystones. Attic window in centre gable also has semi-circular head, no keystone. Projecting square porch to left of main frontage with room over and gable. 4-centred archway with panel-traceried soffit; 3-light stone mullioned window above, with 4-centred sub-arches in square head; blocked single-light window in gable. Stone bench along each side of porch interior. Inner doorway leading to farmhouse interior has a 4-centred arch with chamfered mouldings. To left of porch is a small section of main front with stringcourse and 2 sashes in reveals, one to each floor. Listed grade I as part of a rare complex of medieval buildings which includes the Tithe Barn. In the possession of the Wiltshire Historic Buildings Trust.

All the listed buildings in Pound Lane form a group.

Listing NGR: ST8233560510

External Links

• Wikidata Q17529586

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)