Description

SO 47 NW LEINTWARDINE CP -

2/48 Brakes Farm

- II

Outbuildings, including former barn, cartsheds, stabling, rearing pens,
suckling sheds, milking room and mealhouse. Probably mid-C19. Sandstone
rubble with sandstone and brick dressings. Tiled roofs, some half-hipped.
Roughly square plan comprising a number of blocks with main front and yard
to east in centre of centre of flanking blocks. East elevation has right-
hand block of two windows in brick surrounds with cambered heads. Two
entries to right with similar heads and ledged doors, sliding door to left
of centre. Brick cornice on sandstone dentils. Pyramidically roofed turret
with weathervane to rear above barn with semi-circular headed brick arches to
south and half-hipped roof. Left-hand block has six openings with cambered
brick heads and brick jambs. Included as an almost intact example of a mid-
C19 farm complex which forms part of the Downton Estate.

Listing NGR: SO4435675379

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26633028

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas