Description

BIDDESTONE SLAUGHTERFORD
ST 87 SW
4/73
Barn to north of Manor Farmhouse

GV II

Barn, late Medieval, altered. Rubble stone with corrugated iron
roofs, originally half-hipped to gables, but south gable end
reduced. Gabled projecting entrances to west and east, west entry
with upper chamber, dovecote and stone framed side doors with
triangular heads. Coped gable. To each side of west porch,
lean-to additions, against south wall of porch and along front wall
of barn. 7 bay interior of considerable size with raised cruck
trusses to each side of entry. Trusses with braced collar and
small apex truss. Other 4 trusses are altered queen post trusses.
2 bays have upper windbracing surviving. Attached to north west
end, running west, a C18 rubble stone range with concrete tiled
roof, half-hipped at west end. Central opening and, to left,
stone doorway with four centred arch, keystone and plain impost
blocks.

Listing NGR: ST8402174127

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26645396

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)