Covered Yard And Cow Houses At Beer Furlong Buildings

EASTLEACH - SP 10 NE at NGR SP 192061 4/162 Covered yard and cow houses at Beer Furlong Buildings II Covered yards, cow houses and cart sheds. Dated 1870 for T.S. Bazley. Coursed rock-faced rubble limestone; corrugated asbestos and Welsh slate roofs. Covered yard runs north to south with cow house to either side; projecting shelter sheds around yards to east and west. South end: 3 low-pitched gables, central larger and higher with large pointed archway; Bazley monogram above and datestone. Circular gable vents to lower gabled ranges; plank sliding doors below. Sides of cow houses have segmental arched casements facing yards. Tall louvred ridge-vent to covered yard roof with spirelet and iron weathervane. North end: 2 cart shed ranges at right angles to central block have plank doors. Low- pitched gable to end of main range with segmental arched openings below to loft and ground floor levels. Shelter sheds projecting at right-angles to main block, parallel to cart sheds, are open to yards on south side with timber post and beam frontage. Further east-facing cart shed range forms end return to east shelter shed. C20 covered yard structure to east of main block is not of special interest. Interior: open queen post truss roof to central covered yard. Interiors of other parts of building not inspected. A good example of a planned farmstead of this date.

Listing NGR: SP1922806092