Description

CLANFIELD BLACK BOURTON ROAD
SP2802-2902 (West side)
7/20 Cowhouse approx.35m SE of
Chestlion Farmhouse

GV II

Cowhouse. Late C18 with minor later alterations. Regularly coursed limestone
rubble; half-hipped stone slate roof. 2 levels. Ground floor has window and 2
stable doors to left of roughly central external lateral steps and doorway with
flanking windows to right, all openings with wood lintels. First floor has
gabled plank door breaking eaves, reached by steps and 2 eaves hatches to left.
Interior: chamfered cross beams and exposed joists support continuous loft,
removed to far left. Cobblestone floor. Single butt-purlin roof in 8 bays has
principal rafters resting on spurs projecting from wall tops. These spurs are
tenoned into inner curved principals rising from cross beams supporting loft
floor. Straight collars link the curved principals to the principal rafters.
Stone wall between fifth and sixth bays from left. A space left between the
suspended loft and the back wall allows hay to be pushed down into the stalls
below.
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Listing NGR: SP2831902147

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26649220

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy