Description

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

SP25SW ALVESTON
604-1/4/336 Barn and attached range immediately
north-west of Alveston Hill
Farmhouse

GV II

Barn and attached range of farm buildings. Built after
enclosure of 1772 and before deed of 1797. Brick with tile
roof. L-plan.
8-bay barn with 2 threshing floors and long lower range
projecting from west end of south side. North side has 2
threshing floor entrances with C20 doors; south side has
similar entrances with 2 ventilation panels between, the right
end with segmental-headed stable entrance, window and pitching
hole. South range has covered cartway adjoining barn and
several entrances to east side.
INTERIOR: has brick piers to tie beam and collar trusses with
raking queen struts, clasped purlins and halved and crossed
ends. South range has brick partition walls and trusses
similar to those in barn.
Part of an interesting example of an enclosure farmstead.
(Information from Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office).

Listing NGR: SP2264854122

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26482935

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (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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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)