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COMBEFIELDS COMBE ABBEY SP 37 NE 1641-/5/10018 Menagerie farmbuildings to NW of The Woodlands GV II Menagerie farmbuildings. c1778. Built to serve the Menagerie designed by Lancelot (Capability) Brown. Red brick with plain tile roofs. Two 1-plan ranges linked by a gate. The larger northern range has a 2 storey wing to the west, with 4 segment- headed carriage arches, that to the right with double plank doors. Beyond to the right a stable door flanked by single 2-light glazing bar casements all with segment heads. Above 3 tall 2-light glazing bar casements to the eaves. Beyond to the right a slightly set back lower range with a single stable door. This range continues at right angles with a further stable door and becomes single storey with two stable doors and a shuttered opening between. The smaller southern range, single storey, with the 2 cart entrances to the north range, and 2 bricked-up cart shed entrances to the south range that to the left with a 3-light glazing bar casement. Beyond a single plank door flanked by single light glazing bar casements. These buildings are extremely rare, they were built to store food and bedding for the animals in the Menagerie, and they also provided space for sheltered winter accommodation for these exotic beasts.

Listing NGR: SP3886679075

External Links

• Wikidata Q26527116

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)