Range Of Barns And Carriage Archway At Bunny Hall

BUNNY BUNNY HALL DRIVE SK 52 NE (east side)

7/24 Range of Barns and Carriage Archway at 14.5.52 Bunny Hall

G.V. II

Range of threshing barns and carriage archway. 1718 and early C18. Designed by and built for Sir Thomas Parkyns. Red brick, some blue brick chequering. Plain tile roof. Brick coped left gable with kneeler, further single similar gable now incorporated in the ridge. Single right bay with carriage archway and 4 slit ventilators over. The single barn to the left is set on a plinth and is built upon segmental arches. Large doorway with concrete surround. Either side are single C20 fixed lights, further left and right are single glazing bar fixed lights, original openings being under segmental arches with segmental arched brick hood moulds over. Remains of single similar hood mould over the doorway, also inscription in blue brick "1718". Blocked slit ventilators. The single barn to the left has a large doorway with plank double door flanked by single pilaster buttresses. To the left is a smaller doorway and plank door, the lintel being flanked by single small openings. To the right, on the top floor are 2 openings with plank shutters and further right a single glazing bar casement. Extending across the whole of this front are 3 rows of slit ventilators placed close together, some now blocked. Interior of the barn to the right has posts mounted upon corbels set into the wall, these with single curved braces support the tie beam and wall plate. Sir Thomas Parkyns Bart. (c.1662-1741) carried out improvements to and rebuilt almost all of Bunny to his own designs.

Listing NGR: SK5843629682