Description

ST 23 SW
Bank barn about 100 metres
6/172 south of Patcombe Farmhouse

GV II

Bank barn. Circa late C18. Stone rubble with brick dressings. Half-hipped
pantile roof.

Plan: Rectangular plan bank barn with animal shelter on ground floor with an
arcaded open front and barn above with access from the higher ground level at
the back.

Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 5-bay front. The ground floor is
open-fronted with an arcade of 5 round brick arches, the centre arch flanked
by large C20 brick raking buttresses. The first floor has blind arches above
the ground floor arches but at the centre there is a large square-headed
doorway with plank double doors. Similar first floor doorway at the back
reached from higher ground level.

Interior: Original roof structure has tie-beam trusses with collars lapped
and pegged to face of principles and staggered butt purlins. Unchamfered
floor beams supported on later timber posts.

Note: One of the estate farm buildings in the landscaped park of Halswell
House (qv.)

Listing NGR: ST2479333283

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26628370

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)