Barn Approximately 70 Metres West South West Of Lower Holscombe

DIPTFORD SX75NW Barn approximately 4/224 70 metres WSW of Lower Holscombe

GV II

Bank barn. Circa late C18 or early C19. Slate rubble steeply pitched corruaated iron roof with half hipped ends. Plan: Long rectangular plan bank barn with shippon doorways on the lower south front and 2 barn doors at the higher north side at the back. At right angles at the left end of the front a 2-bay open-fronted cattle shelter. Exterior: 2 storeys symmetrical south front has 6 shippon doorways with flat slate arches and 2 loading doors above towards the centre with corrugated iron canopies on wooden cantilevers. At the rear 2 barn doorways with large roughly hewn timber lintels land corrugated iron canopies on wooden cantilevers; later boarded double doors. Ventilation slits in gable ends. At right angles at left hand end of south front a single storey wing with a hipped roof and open fronted inner face with a central rectangular stone rubble pier; probably a cattle shelter; pegged roof trusses. Roof: of the main range has collars hipped and pegged to the faces of the straight principals which have halved and pegged apexes. The walls inside the barn are plastered.

Listing NGR: SX7324155854