South Barn and stables at Staples Farmhouse

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TL 21 NE 5/4

ASTON RAFFIN GREEN LANE (east side) South Barn and stables at Staples Farmhouse

(Formerly listed as South Barn and stables at Staples Cottage)

24.11.66

GV II

Barn and two stables in one range. Early C17. Timber framed dark weatherboarded. Steep pitched roofs. Barn has old red tiles to gabled front porch but corrugated iron elsewhere (half-hip at South).

Short stable at North end of barn also roofed in corrugated iron.

Long stable at North thatched with hipped North end.

A tall six-bay barn facing East with gabled front porch with double-doors and small winnowing door in rear wall of same bay. Two bays at South end were formerly open to front and rear as implement shed, and partitioned from barn. Jowled posts with straight braces to cambered tie-beams. Inclined queen-posts to clasped purlin roof. Some re-used timbers. One-bay lower stable at North, facing East with a single stable-door. Long four-bay thatched stable has a clasped purlin roof, two old plank door South with iron strap hinges, louvred ventilation band below eaves, and one-bay extension at North end with its own door and window on North.

An impressive group of old farm buildings.

Listing NGR: TL2765419714