Range Of Farm Buildings Including Implement Shed, Stable, Dove, Cote And Smithy In Farmyard To North East Of Boscobel House

SJ 80 NW BOSCOBEL C.P. -

3/84 Range of farm buildings including implement shed, stable, dove cote and smithy. in farmyard to north- - east of Boscobel House

G.V. II

Farm buildings including implement shed, stable (ground floor now converted to lavatory),dovecote and smithy. Early to mid C19. Red brick with plain tiled roofs. Irregular line of buildings to north-east side of farmyard. Implement/cart shed of 3 open bays with round-edged brick piers; Stable to right has brick dentilled eaves and is approached by external steps to the right hand gable end. Set back and attached by a wall is a lower range with gable to left (dovecote) and 3 doors, the right hand for a small but entirely complete smithy (lit from gable end to south-east); includes all tools, furnace'and chimney with 2 sets of bellows attached to the wall. The majority of the buildings are thought to have been erected by Walter Evans shortly after he bought Boscobel House (q.v.) in 1811. Scheduled Ancient Monuments; the farm buildings (except the C20 brick implement shed of 4 open bays with wooden posts at the north-west end of the range) are included for Group Value with the House. 3.3. West, Boscobel House , D.O.E. Guide Book (1981).

Listing NGR: SJ8376808260