Barn, Stables And Linhays Approximately 8 Metres North Of Chaffcombe Farmhouse

DOWN ST MARY CHAFFCOMBE LANE SS 70 SE 3/157 Barn, stables and linhays - approximately 8 metres north of Chaffcombe Farmhouse

GV II

Farmbuildings comprising barn, stables and linhays. C17 with C19 modernisations. Cob on rubble footings; corrugated iron, corrugated asbestos and slate roofs. Continuous range of farmbuildings around northern side of farmyard to rear of Chaffcombe Farmhouse (q.v.). At left end and facing east is a barn, linhays in centre facing south and at right end is the stables facing south-west. Barn has gable-ended roof of corrugated iron. At left end are full height opposing doorways to threshing floor. The rear door has C17 oak frame with chamfered surround. At right end of front is a small plank door and high in centre is narrow ventilator. Interior is plastered with replacement C19 3-bay roof of king post trusses. Barn probably originally extended 2 bays further to left (south). Linhays are set at right angles to barn. There are 2 sections, both Alcock's Type T1. The larger 8-bay section to left has a slate roof and 4-bay section to right has a corrugated iron roof and is set on a slightly different axis. They are separated by a full height cob partition. Left section has replacement C19 roof of king post trusses and right section has original C17 roof of A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars. Stables have corrugated asbestos roof. It has wide central doorway flanked by C20 iron-framed fixed pane windows with glazing bars to ground floor. Front is somewhat patched with C20 concrete blocks but first floor appears always to have blind. Roof is gable-ended to left and half-hipped to right. First floor loading bay in right end wall. Inside there are plain soffit-chamfered beams to ground floor and bay roof of C17 A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars. To rear the cob wall following round the 3 changes in angle of the linhays and stables is completely blind and apparently continuous. It lines the approach to Chaffcombe Farmhouse (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SS7591603083