Description

HAMSTERLEY DIDDRIDGE LANE NZ13SW (East side)

11/52 Outbuildings and wall to east of Edge Knoll Farmhouse 5.2.87 GV II Barn, stable, cartshed, byre and storage; fold-yard walls. Early to late C18 with C19 alterations. Sandstone rubble, with boulder plinth, quoins and ashlar dressings; roofs Welsh slate, stone flags, corrugated iron and corrugated asbestos. U-plan. Inner return of left range 2 storeys, 6 and 3 bays, and one storey, one bay; one-storey, 4-bay rear range; right range one storey, 6 bays on inner return with lower one-bay pent extension to sixth bay; fold-yard wall, with wide central opening, bisects enclosed space.

First build at front of left range has flat stone lintels over boarded doors in second and fifth bays, and Dutch door in fourth bay; boarded loft door to eaves height in third bay; similar lintels over 3 ground-floor and 2 first-floor partly-glazed openings, some with hit-and-miss ventilators. First-floor blank in 2 right end bays except for 2 vent slits; Welsh slate roof. Lower second build has old wood lintel over boarded door at left; square loft opening above door: corrugated iron roof. One-storey, one-bay build adjacent has boarded door, stone-flagged roof. Other ranges have varied openings, some blocked and with C19 doors inserted, mostly segmental arches with voussoirs and alternate- block jambs. Roof hipped at returns. Front gable of left range shows boulder plinth; front gable of right range has double vehicle doors under wide segmental arch with voussoirs, and alternate-block jambs, and flat stone lintel over boarded door in pent extension.

Fold-yard wall c. one metre high with flat block coping has rough stone piers flanking wide central entrance; right end abuts right range of buildings.

Listing NGR: NZ1330931767

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