Former Bull Pens, Shelter Sheds, Loose Boxes, And Foldyard Walls Approximately 25 Metres To West Of Cronkhill

SJ 50 NW; 5/49

ATCHAM C.P., CRONKHILL

Former bull pens, shelter sheds, loose boxes, and foldyard walls approximately 25 metres to west of Cronkhill

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Former bull pens, shelter sheds and loose boxes. Early C19. Red brick (English garden wall bond) with stone hinge blocks; hipped slate roofs. F-plan with chamfered corners. One storey. Openings with bull-nose brick reveals. Former bull pens to west: eight segmental-headed boarded doors to west and slatted wooden windows to east. Loose boxes and shelter sheds to north have passage at east end with segmental-headed loose-box boarded doors to north and east, and 2 x 3-bay open-fronted shelter sheds to south with cast iron columns alternating with slatted wooden windows. Central range of shelter sheds, 9-bay open front to south with cast iron columns and boarded feeding-doors in wall to north; segmental-headed boarded doors in east end. Stone-coped brick walls enclosing northern foldyard to east and southern foldyard to south and east, southern courtyard has C20 corrugated iron roof. Interiors not inspected, but said to contain stalls and other fixtures, and cobbled floors in parts; king-post roof trusses. These buildings form part of a complete early and mid-C19 model farm complex. National Trust, Attingham Park Estate Vernacular Building Survey.

Listing NGR: SJ5351608278