Description

KELMSCOTT
SU2499-2599
10/79 Barn and cowhouse approx. 50m
SW of Manor Farmhouse
12.9.55 (Formerly listed as part of
Manor Farmhouse with Barn and
Cowsheds to SE, Dovecote, Barn
to N. Barn and Cowsheds to SM)
GV II

Barn. Mid-to late C18 with minor later alterations. Uncoursed limestone rubble;
stone slate roofs, formerly thatched to lower range (cowhouse). Barn has gabled
cart entrance with full-height plank double doors beneath wood lintel and 9
tiers of pigeon nesting holes and ledges to red brick gable. Opposing entrance
to rear. Lower gabled range projecting to right of cart entrance has plank door
with small window to left on ground floor and plank door above; casement to far
right of main range. Square air vents. Cowhouse, attached and slightly
projecting to right, has plank door to front and infilled openings to gable end.
Interior. Main range has double-purlin collar and tie beam roof in 4 bays and
lower range has double-purlin roof in 3 bays with principal rafters rising from
wall tops and slightly cambered tie beams below lower sets of purlins. Inserted
lofts to outer bays.
[2374]

Listing NGR: SU2503099054

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26495187

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey