Barn, Shippon And Stables 30 Metres East Of Moston Manor Farmhouse

MOSTON C.P. PLANT LANE SJ 76 SW (West Side) 6/68 Barn, shippon and stables 30 metres east of Moston Manor Farmhouse - GV II

Barn, stables and shippon, circa 1690 and mid C18, of brown brick in English garden wall bond; clay tile roof to barn (forming left wing of 2-storey U-shaped block); roof to shippon/stable replaced in cement tiles. Barn, probably circa 1690, has boarded doors with camber-arched heads; large double doors to threshing floor; first floor band, raised above threshing-door arch; blocked loophole vents to both storeys; inserted casement to lower storey in gable; upper storey and roof-space have 2 superimposed loading doors. Shippon/stable has boarded doors with camber-arched heads; driftway in corner against stable wing with cambered oak lintel to yard and brick basket-arch to rear; hopper casements under cambered heads; 2 rows of vents in alternating diamond and split-diamond patterns. Interiors of impressive scale with oak purlins and queen-post trusses; broad round-arched openings in cross-walls of shippon loft. A satisfying, large scale farm building, little altered except shippon roof covering.

Listing NGR: SJ7244361756