Barn Approximately 12 Metres South East Of Lanscombe Farm Cottages Including Outhouses Attached To North West

TORQUAY

SX8963 COCKINGTON LANE, Cockington 885-1/16/357 (South West side) 10/01/75 Barn approx 12m SE of Lanscombe Farm Cottages incl outhouses attached to NW (Formerly Listed as: COCKINGTON LANE, Cockington Four Outhouses to Lanscombe Farm, S of Lanscombe Cottages, incl. Screen Wall)

GV II

Barn, now used as stables. C19, probably earlier origins, some C20 alterations. Red cob, mostly plastered but exposed in places; front of painted stone rubble; gable-ended Roman tile roof. PLAN: Forms threshing barn facing south-east onto farmyard. Built end onto lane with south-west end terraced into hillslope. Originally with central opposing doors onto threshing floor. South-west end loading hatch at loft level from terrace. Altered in C20 to stables with hayloft over. Probably late C19 outbuildings attached to rear (now used by Lanscombe Farm Cottages (qv). EXTERIOR: Both doorways to former threshing floor now blocked. Front wall contains 2 front doorways to present stables. Left doorway with loading hatch over and flanking windows. Right doorway with wide 5-light window over weatherboarding above. INTERIOR: Plain carpentry detail including roof of scissor-braced trusses. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: 2 rear outhouses of mixed construction, one each side of blocked central doorway. This former barn, and the other buildings in the farmyard (qqv) form part of an exceptionally attractive group of listed buildings in an unspoilt village and the adjoining Cockington Park.

Listing NGR: SX8947963706