Description

SO 71 NW WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN ADSETT

7/192 Stable, Morwents Farm

GV II

Former stable and cider house, now store; early C19; roughly
squared rubble, roughly coursed, larger, squared quoins, brick
eaves course, tiled roof. 5 bays, 2 storeys. Gable to road
formerly shuttered window ground floor, now part boarded, brick-on-
end cambered arch over: below outlet to drain to stable floor.
Slit air vent first floor, with above a ledge and 7, small square
openings for dovecote. Flight of stone steps to door on right
return. Left face, on right C20 boarded door in 2 halves: stone
voussoirs to cambered arch above. On left 2-light timber window,
brick-on-end cambered arch. Central lean-to with corrugated iron
roof may be original: now contains oil tank. Beyond on left
stone steps up to loft: original boarded door, set one step up
from quarter landing: no lintel. On right 2-light timber
casement window with flat brick-on-edge arch over: slit air vent
to right. Bases for finials left at apex of each gable.
Internally cider house on left at back, still containing press.
Crane on wall to right of door in stable, use unclear. Upper
floor, king post trusses; plastered partition inserted across
loft, at same time as steps on right of gable built. Bearers for
dovecote box remain. Lean-to extension along part of back of
building. Forms group with house, (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SO7288215246

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26481781

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)