Waggon lodge and store at Pond Farm, Stoven

A late-C18 or early-C19 waggon lodge and store.

MATERIALS

The building is timber framed with one brick gable. All but the east elevations are covered in weatherboards. The pitched roofs are covered in corrugated metal sheets.

PLAN

The ground floor appears to have originally contained a waggon shed and other implement stores. The attic historically functioned as a goods store or granary.

EXTERIOR

The building faces north on to the principal access route into the farmyard. It is four bays long and the walls are covered in weatherboards. The eastern bay has double doors leading to the waggon lodge. Two further entrances lead respectively to the first floor granary and to the ground floor stores.

The east elevation comprises a red brick gable, initially in Flemish bond which changes to monk. At attic level is a louvred vent beneath a segmental brick arch.

The west elevation is covered in weatherboard with a loading door at attic level.

The south elevation has no windows at ground floor. Much of the weatherboarding here has been lost.

INTERIOR

The ground floor is internally subdivided by brick walls and some brick flooring survives. The waggon lodge is separate from the rest of the plan.

The stairs to the first floor are formed of quartered logs resting on wide elm planks which still retain their live or waney edges.

The first floor is a continuous open volume which retains its original floor and roof structure. The roof is simple and comprises hewn timbers, collars at principal rafters and butt purlins.