Barn Incorporating Cowhouse Approximately 5 Yards North Of Lower Farmhouse

SJ 91 NE ACTON TRUSSELL, BEDNALL BEDNALL AND TEDDESLEY HAY C.P.

4/15 Barn incorporating cowhouse - approximately 5 yards north of Lower Farmhouse

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Barn and cowhouse. Early C18. Timber framed with brick infill; slate roof. 4-bay range aligned north-west/south-east, cowhouse in the north- west bay and barn with central threshing floor to the south-east. One storey; full height 2-leaf barn door to right of centre, boarded doors to left serving cowhouse and barn, inserted doorway to right. Framing: 2 panels to eaves, the barn has square panels below and vertical rectangular panels above, on the cowhouse the positions are reversed, long straight tension braces. Interior: The cross-frames have central vertical posts between sill-beam and tie-beam, the roof trusses have angle struts extending from tie-beam to principal rafters, 2 pairs of purlins and a ridge piece. Lower Farmhouse is not included in this list. J.E.C. Peters The Development of Farm Buildings in Western Lowland Staffordshire up to 1880 (1969). Manchester University Press. PP 97, 113, Fig. 3.

Listing NGR: SJ9536117956