Manor Farm Barns, Facing Main Entrance And Garden Of Manor Farmhouse

SU 19 NE KEMPSFORD KEMPSFORD VILLAGE (south side)

8/92 Manor Farm Barns, facing main entrance and garden of Manor Farm- house 4.6.52 II

Two adjoining barns. Mid C17. Coursed rubble stone on moulded plinth, with quoins. Slate roof to west side on both barns, lower barn has corrugated asbestos roof to east, higher barn has stone slate roof on east side. Lower level barn to north has coped verge with roll moulding and finial on north end and same moulded coping along ridge. Three stone Tudor-archways with chamfered quoins and lintels and possibly original inner door frame to furthest north. Two-light stone mullion to far left, 3-light approximately central and single-light towards right-hand end. Additional windows and door with timber lintel and double doors to right of centre with chamfered stone frame. Adjoining barn has same plinth running unbroken to end, and two rows of square vents on front with flush cart entry left of centre with projecting additional lean-to roof. Interiors not accessible. These barns appear in Kip's engraving of Kempsford Manor of 1700 and were probably contemporary with the house built by the Thynne family c1630s.

Listing NGR: SU1621396489