Cow Houses, Cartshed And Granary, And Attached Pump And Trough Approximately 10 Metres To South East Of Plaish Park Farmhouse

SO 59 NW CARDINGTON C.P. PLAISH

5/47 Cow houses, cartshed - and granary, and attached pump and trough approx. 10 metres to south- east of Plaish Park Farmhouse

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Barn and cow houses, now cow house, cartshed and granary, and attached pump and trough. Early and mid-C17 with C18 and late C19 alterations and additions. Timber framed with red brick nogging on coursed sandstone rubble plinth; partly rebuilt in uncoursed red and grey sandstone rubble with red brick window heads; plain tile roofs. Four C17 framed bays aligned approximately north-west/south-east with C18 tow house added to north-east and C19 cartshed added to south-west. Framing: square panels (4 from sole plate to wall plate) with long straight tension braces. North-east front: Cl7 range with small loft window to left and pitching opening to right, small ground-floor window off- centre to right, and 2 boarded stable-type doors, that to left with only one leaf. Left-hand return front with 9 external stone steps up to segmental-headed boarded granary door. Rebuilt and partly extended at rear with cartshed (see higher ridge). C18 red sandstone cow house adjoining to right with central boarded loft door, 3 narrow loft vents and 2 ground-floor segmental-headed slatted windows flanking central segmental-headed stable-type door (left-hand window is blocked segmental- headed door - see straight joints). Interior of timber framed part: collar and tie-beam trusses with queen struts and v-struts; timber framed cross walls; ground-floor chamfered cross-beamed ceiling with chamfered joists. The cross-beamed ceiling might suggest that part at least of this building was formerly domestic. Pump and trough adjoining front of C18 cow house: cast iron pump has circular shaft with splayed spout, fluted top with curved handle, and ribbed domed cap with large finial; rectangular grey sandstone trough. Plaish Park Farmhouse is not included on this list.

Listing NGR: SO5301496298