Shippon Immediately North North East Of South Ash Farmhouse

KINGS NYMPTON SS 62 SE 1/177 Barn immediately north-north east of South Ash Farmhouse II Barn, shippon and horse-engine house. Probably C18 with early and laterC19 additions. Stone rubble,cob under eaves, patched in concrete blocks. Corrugated iron half-hipped and hipped roofs. Plan: Barn with central threshing floor, C19 horse-engine house behind left end and circa early C19 shippon with loft above on the left (north) end. The later C19 outshut on the right (south) end has been partly rebuilt. Exterior: Barn has central full-height cart entrance with projecting stone jambs supporting eaves canopy, large raking buttress on left and doorway on right with loft door above under eaves. Shippon set back on left is built of cob on stone rubble plinth and has ground floor and loft doorways in one full-height opening; its left end wall has tall triangular opening. At the right hand end the main roof is carried down as catslide over outshut which is partly rebuilt in concrete blocks. At rear central cart entrance with projecting jambs and open-sided horse-engine house on right, its hipped roof supported on wooden posts (some replaced). Interior: Wood plank threshing floor. Roof has straight principal rafters halved and pegged at apex and later lapped collars. The engine house has lapped nailed collars, missing beam and inserted wooden partition. The shippon has wooden mangers and pitched stone floor.

Listing NGR: SS6875520698