Barn immediately north of Manor Farmhouse

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WELFORD-ON-AVON CHAPEL STREET (North west side) Barn immediately north of Manor Farmhouse

18/03/97

GV

II Barn now dwelling. Mid to late C18 with early C19 and C20 additions. Timber-frame with brick infill and weatherboarding on rubble plinth, and brick, partly on rubble plinth, to additions; gabled tile roof, partly renewed.

EXTERIOR: gable facing, front to left; six bay barn and stable, with two bay C19 addition with further C20 addition. Barn has some brick infill but mostly weatherboarded. Entrance to threshing floor to right of centre with split paired doors, paired doors to right. Further two C20 windows to left end and split door to right end.

Stable has cobbled floor and timber partitions, exposed wattle to partition wall and tension braces to former end wall. Two bay brick addition has wide entrance with high windows, to right end an external stair to first-floor door, door under stair has stop-chamfered frame. End addition has window and first-floor door served by external stair.

Rear is weatherboarded with some brick infill to left end; addition has entrance and flanking windows. Right return to street has plaque recording Ethel Roberts, d 1982, a local resident.

INTERIOR: has two timber-framed cross walls, barn with exposed queen post and collar trusses with braced tie beams, principals truncated at collars and double purlins, all rough sawn and pegged; some fire damage.