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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569769

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback