Description

ST45SE CHEDDAR CP FROGLAND LANE (North side)

6/124 Barn, about 21 metres South-East
of Fairlands House and bank of
adjacent leat
(Previously listed as South Barn
at Fairlands House)

30.8.72

GV II

Former drying shed for a tannery, now a barn. Probably C18, early C19 alterations. Rubble, pantile roof. Frontage
facing grounds of Fairlands House with irregular window openings, some with the remains of casements; 3 door openings,
that to right broad with a segmental head; external rubble staircase giving access to a further door opening on the
first floor. Further roofless portion to left, walls at back demolished to first floor level, the stone bases of 2
bark-grinding stones set into the floor. Adjacent the east end, a leat formerly used for washing skins in the tanning
process, the leats "banks" are composed of random rubble, stone setts on "bank" to west side with a "bank" for hauling
the skins out of the water. Tannery in operation in the C18.

Listing NGR: ST4609853026

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26628566

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)