Description

TEWKESBURY

SO83SE GLOUCESTER ROAD 859-1/2/176 (West side (off)) 27/07/73 Barn range at Park Farmhouse (Formerly Listed as: GLOUCESTER ROAD Barns at Park Farm (NE of house))

GV II

Range of farm outbuildings, including 2 barns. C17, C18 and C19. Stone, timber frame, brick nogging or weatherboarding, tile or corrugated iron roofs. A long range of buildings to the N of the farmhouse (qv), incorporating a threshing barn and a second barn adjoined; at the left hand end (W) is a lower brick unit, and an open cart shed returns at right angles towards the farmhouse; there is a similar open-fronted shed on the far side. At the right hand end is an extension to the barn and an L-plan lower unit in timber frame with weatherboard and tile roof. The C18 threshing barn is in coursed lias stone and tile roof. A wide pair of plank doors in projecting square piers is flanked left by 3 over 2 ventilating slits, and right by 5 over 4 slits; the back is similar. A 4-bay queen-post roof with 2 heavy butt purlins, framed gable wall to the right, stone threshing floor. To its left a low early C19 brick and tile gabled unit with 2 segmental-headed doors, a 9-bay open-fronted shed with corrugated iron roof to the S and 6-bay to the N. The adjoining C17 barn is square panel timber-framed with brick nogging, with a wide pair of plank doors, and a series of square ventilation openings in the panel below the eaves. The end bay is in concrete block. The interior has 3-bay propped purlin C17 roof. Beyond the second barn is a short, lower brick and tile unit, and a C19 L-plan lower range returned to the S. This extensive range, with the free-standing stable block (qv) and the farmhouse to the S, is a major element in this farm group.

Listing NGR: SO8784630345

External Links

• Wikidata Q26571685

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