Description

SCOPWICK BLANKNEY ROAD TF 05 NE B1188 5/32 Farmyard to north of The Firs

- II

Barn, cowsheds, stables and pigeoncote. c1820. Coursed limestone rubble with red brick dressings. Slate roofs. Brick plinth and dentilated eaves. Very large threshing barn to the north, with off-centre doorway, with double doors with segment brick head with ashlar keystone, to the left 4 brick arches with brick piers between and segment brick arches, to the right a smaller barn door with double doors, and beyond to the right 3 brick arches with brick piers between and segment brick arches, now partially blocked, each with a 3-light C20 window. Above 3 central hayloft openings under segment brick heads with plank doors, to the left four 2- light sliding sashes, under segment brick heads, and to the right 4 similar openings the first 3 with plank doors, the last with a glazing bar casement. To the south of the barn are 3 lower ranges, with 3 crewyards between, linked to the south by walls and gates. The east stable range has alternating stable doors and shuttered windows. The central range of cowsheds, has a tall pigeoncote at the south end, with on the south side 3 tall round headed openings with brick surrounds. This is topped with a hipped roof with a square lantern above with pigeon holes and flight perches, topped with a pyramidal roof surmounted by an iron weather-vane. The south wall either side has 12 brick arched pig feeding troughs. The west range contains cowsheds.

Listing NGR: TF0661658392

External Links

• Wikidata Q26569769

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)