Description

PAIGNTON

SX85NE LONG ROAD, Lower Yalberton
1947-1/3/183 (South side)
10/01/75 W, E and N ranges of farm buildings
to W farmyard at Lower Yalberton
Farm
(Formerly Listed as:
LONG ROAD, Lower Yalberton
Barn and outbuilding block of Lower
Yalberton Farmhouse to west)

GV II

3 ranges of farmbuildings to lower (west) yard at Lower
Yalberton farm. c1830s, contemporary with the farmhouse.
MATERIALS: Local grey limestone rubble with gabled slate
roofs.
PLAN: Part of a planned farmyard, The W range is a lofted
shippon. The N range, fronting the road, has a shippon facing
the yard and a loft over, with first-floor access from Long
Road, The E range divides the lower and higher yards. On the
lower side, facing W, it contains a shippon. The loft above is
on the level of the upper yard with access from the yard, and
was used as a threshing barn, served by a horse-engine house
on the N side. Fodder threshed and stored in the E and N
ranges could be pushed down into the yard from the higher
levels of the N and E ranges.
EXTERIOR: The W range has 4 segmental-headed shippon entrances
facing the yard with slatted doors and a single loft doorway
flanked by ventilation slits. The N range has 6 similar
doorways to the yard and Long Road at loft level. The E range
has 4 shippon entrances facing the yard, one loft door and
ventilation slits. The right-return has a doorway and the rear
elevation, facing the higher yard, has a segmental-headed
threshing doorway with paired doors and a smaller doorway
alongside. At the Long Road end a horse-engine house with a
canted end adjoins the range.
INTERIOR: Only partially inspected. The W range has scissor
bracing to the loft joists; the N range has a king post and
strut roof.

Listing NGR: SX8632458612

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585743

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