Tithe Barn And Adjoining Stable And Dovecote And Horse Engine House

ST 76 SW SOUTH STOKE

6/213 Tithe Barn and adjoining Stable and Dovecote and Horse Engine-House 1.2.56 II* G.V.

Tithe barn, C15, altered C16-C17, early C19 and restored mid - late 1940's. Coursed squared rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings; stone slate roof with coped raised verges and ball finial. Traditional plan with gabled projecting porch to east; square headed cart entries but with a cambered lintel to the west. Lean-to at south of porch; and projecting engine-house to north of porch, early C19, rubble with a slate roof, semi-circular on plan at east end, now glazed with C20 casements and doors. In the south gable end of the barn are cross loops and putlog holes; arch-headed loft doorway in north gable end. At the south end of the barn the late C16 - early C17 dovecote projects: coursed rubble and stone slate roof; gabled on south and east sides with nesting box holes and perching ledges; 2-light casement windows in ovolo moulded mullions and surrounds and under dripmoulds; single openings in gables. Interior: 7 bays of arch-braced collar beam trusses and 3 tiers of windbracing, all much restored; chamfered and 4-centre headed doorway on east side of porch leads to tithe office. Sawn ashlar nesting boxes in the dovecote with stable fittings below.

Listing NGR: ST7460561224