Sheepbridge Barn And Cow Shed

EASTLEACH - SP 10 NE at NGR 187068 4/170 Sheepbridge Barn and cow-shed 23.1.52 II Formerly barn and shelter sheds, now detached house. Early C19. Random rubble limestone; ashlar columns to shelter shed; stone slate roofs. Probably 5-bay barn with east and west porches, east outshuts and south-facing shelter sheds. Barn: parapet gabled porch with ball finial; glazing in former doorway. Some inserted casements in outshuts and to north gable end. Parapet gabled ends to barn with C20 gabled chimneys. Catslide porch on west side with glazed infill. Many triangular barn vents, some with tall windows inserted below, vent forming a triangular head. Shelter shed: long set of shelter sheds with 11 circular stone columns having flat capitals and tall cushion-type bases. Interior not inspected but appears a very skilful conversion of a typical post-enclosure barn. Local tradition suggests that columns are of Roman origin. (Shelter shed illustrated in O. Cook, English Cottaqes and Farmhouses, 1982)

Listing NGR: SP1868006811