Barn And Part Of Former House Approximately 4 Metres To South East Of The Malsters Tap

SO 5095-5195; 12/22

CARDINGTON C.P., CARDINGTON, Barn and part of former house approx. 4 metres to south-east of The Maltsters Tap

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Barn and part of former house, now barn. Part of c.1600 house with attached C17 barn. Weatherboarded timber frame on sandstone rubble plinth; part of house rebuilt in coursed yellow sandstone rubble to front; plain tile roof. 3-bay barn with one bay of old house to right. Framing: square panels (3 from sole plate to wall plate) with long straight tension braces. Truncated dressed grey sandstone stack in front of ridge off-centre to right. Barn with central boarded door and boarded loft door above; part of old house to right with loft opening and small ground-floor window with boarded door to left. Right-hand end wall (former internal wall) has ground-floor fireplace with chamfered dressed sandstone reveals and chamfered wooden lintel, chamfered former ceiling beam above with mortices of former joists, and exposed tie- beam truss with raking struts and lath and plaster infill. INTERIOR: barn has tie-beam trusses with raking struts, collar and tie-beam end truss with queen struts, and single butt purlins with wind braces; bay of former house has pairs of purlins. The single domestic bay is part of a former 2-bay hall range formerly attached to the farmhouse (The Maltsters Tap q.v.). One bay of the hall range has been demolished separating the house and barn.

Listing NGR: SO5062695080