Outbuilding Approx 2M W Of Dotheridge Farmhouse

ALWINGTON YEO VALE SS42SW 6/60 Outbuilding approx 2m w of Dotheridge Farmhouse GV. II Outbuilding. C17 one-unit dwelling extended and remodelled to make brewhouse, bothy and stable in early C19. Coursed slatestone rubble with cob to right gable end and beneath eaves; gabled slate roof with corrugated asbestos to rear; C19 brick ridge stack. One-unit dwelling extended to make 2-unit outbuilding in early C19. Two storeys; 2-window range. Timber lintels over three C20 plank doors: C17 label mould over central doorway, which was inserted into former C17 window. Timber lintels over loft window to left and C19 two-light casement with glazing bars. Pointed-arched blind window in left gable wall. Interior: central room has chamfered ogee-stopped bressummer over open fireplace and chamfered beam. Early C19 A-frame trusses with pegged collars. Dotheridge Farmhouse (q.v.) and this outbuilding are a conspicuous landscape feature of Yeo Vale. It is possible that the C17 dwelling was the original farmhouse, before the present one was built in the 1740s.

Listing NGR: SS4018222580