Description

DIPTFORD

SX75SW
4/204 Barn and shippon range
immediately north west of
Combeshead Farmhouse

GV II

Barn and adjoining shippon. Circa early C19. Slate rubble. Grouted and
slurried scantle slate roof with gabled ends, the shippon roof has hipped end.
Plan: L-shaped plan; the rectangular barn built down the slope with the lower
end to left (south), and a loading door at the higher ground level at the
right end; higher ground level also at the rear.
Exterior: Wide barn doorway at centre of the front with corrugated iron
pentice canopy over and plank double doors. Projecting at front at right
angles at higher right end a shippon with 4 shippon doorways with segmental
stone arches (one blocked) and 2 loft doorways and 1 windows above. At the
higher ground level at the rear of the shippon a loading doorway to the hay
loft. In the end wall of the shippon a row of pigeon holes below the eaves.
At the lower left end of the barn a roofless derelict farm building. The
building is built on the solid slate bedrock on a steeply sloping site.
Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX7449655507

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26578473

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)