Barns, Granary And Stable Approximately 30 Metres North West Of Radford Farmhouse

ENSTONE RADFORD SP42SW 9/71 Barns, granary and stable approx. 30m NW of Radford Farmhouse

GV II

2 barns, granary and stable. Early C18 and mid C18. Limestone rubble with wooden lintels and coursed rubble with ashlar quoins; corrugated-sheet roofs. 8-bay barn, with opposed double doors in bay 4, has slits in line with the trusses. 5-bay barn, to left, has opposed double doors in bay 4 and has blocked triangular slits. T-shaped 2-storey stable, returning to rear from right of larger barn, has wood-lintelled openings, and has a later gable parapet facing the farmyard--above a wide doorway approached by stone steps. 2-storey mid-C18 granary, in coursed rubble, is set between the rear doors of the barns, and has a symmetrical 2-window front facing the farmyard; it has small 2-light casements to both floors aligned above segmental-arched openings to a space beneath the lower floor, and has stone steps leading to a central doorway above which is a wooden dovecote. Interior: larger barn has closely-spaced trusses, with tiebeam and collar, supporting 2 rows of butt purlins. Smaller barn has later trusses with trenched purlins but may have an earlier origin. Granary is brick lined. Stable has trusses similar to those of the larger barn and retains part of the loft floor and some stall divisions. Range forms a close group with farmhouse (q.v.) and shelter sheds (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SP4087023918