Pair Of Barns At Right Angles And Adjoining Oldfield Farmhouse

This is a pair of barns located at right angles to each other, adjoining Oldfield Farmhouse. They date from the 17th century and the late 18th to early 19th century, and may include parts of an earlier building. The barns are constructed of rubble with Cotswold stone slate roofs.

The south barn, which is closer to the farmhouse, is lower and features a 19th-century slate roof lean-to at the front. It has opposed square-headed entries and a lean-to porch with a catslide roof on the west side. Inside, there are six bays supported by tie and collar beam trusses. One truss to the north of the west entry has an angled foot, resembling an upper cruck, and there is one straight windbrace on the west side.

The north barn has a traditional Cotswold layout with two opposed porches that have square-headed entries, one gabled to the east and a lean-to on the west. It features freestone dressings and quoins, coped raised verges, and saddle stones. There are also blocked slit windows. The east porch contains a room on the first floor and retains a pigeon loft above, with a timber and slate lantern on the roof serving as the entry for the pigeons.