Benson'S Barn And Country Cottage

TANWORTH-IN-ARDEN

SP17SW UMBERSLADE ROAD 652-1/2/186 (East side) 16/02/88 Benson's Barn and Country Cottage (Formerly Listed as: UMBERSLADE ROAD, Tanworth-In-Arden (North side) Barn and stable approx. 25m. east of Old Grove Farmhouse)

GV II

Barn and stable, now 2 houses. Earlier C18, altered 1781 (date on brick), with conversion to houses c1990. Timber-framed with C18 and C19 red brick nogging and red brick. Gabled plain-tile roofs. L-plan. EXTERIOR: barn: 3 bays of large-panel framing with narrow upper intermediate rails and diagonal down-braces to garden facade, brick to front facade. Brick plinth. Central opposing threshing doorways, now glazed, and doorway in C19 brick wall to left. Central cross frames have down-braces and brick infill to first rail level. Jowled studs. Former stable: projects forward and has, on left side, a central door flanked by shuttered windows. Brick cambered lintels. Loft door over. Brick dentilled eaves. INTERIOR: barn: queen-strut trusses to centre, queen-post to gable ends. Some probably early C19 renewal of purlins. Clasped purlins and ridge piece. Stone-flagged threshing floor. Former stable: has chamfered spine beams. Forms a group with Old Grove Farmhouse (qv).

Listing NGR: SP1277772746