Besowsa Farm Stables, Shippons, Engine House And Wagon Shed Approx. 40 Metres South Of Besowsa Farmhouse

LADOCK SW 95 SW 2/2 Besowsa Farm: Stables, shippons, engine house and wagon shed approx. 40 metres south of Besowsa Farmhouse

GV II

Cattle-shelter, stables, shippons, machine rooms and wagon shed. Mid C19. Granite rubble, quoins and dressings with slate roofs. L-shaped with extensions for machinery outside L to north and west and outshut to north. Inside L to left single storey cattle shelter open to inner side supported on granite posts (now partly blocked). Hip on roof to left. 2 storey stable block has central door with flanking windows on ground and first floors. Roof over hipped to left. Main shippon block (slightly taller) has door, window, window, door and door to ground floor and door, window, window, door window and window to first floor. Keyed, slightly arched lintels. Windows have original shutters with 3 panes over. Doors and hinges mostly old or original. Interiors: stables for 6 horses have original tall wooden partitions with iron feeding racks in front filled through holes in loft floor; shippon range has original fittings for 10 cows in pairs with feeding passage and ventilation holes in front, loft over; wooden wheel survives in adjoining machine rooms originally operated by water wheel in field below. Engaged round gate pier with coping at main entrance adjoining wagon shed.

Listing NGR: SW9094854144