Field barn and attached stables to east at Coxes Farm

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CHERINGTON Field barn and attached stables to east at Coxes Farm

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II Field barn and attached stables or animal shelter to east. Dated "WG 1819" (William George). Squared rubble stone with Cotswold stone slate roofs and small ball finials to saddlestones on all gables. Opposed projecting cart entries, gabled to north and hipped to south (with datestone) with flanking lean-to sheds. Lean-to to right of south cart entry retains line of original catslide roof, lean-tos on west of both cart entries had lower, separate, roofline but have now been re-roofed at a lower pitch in corrugated iron. No lean-to to left of north cart entry. Two storeys of slit vents; on west gable a pitch hole has been formed from one upper vent. Stout timber draught doors hinged on vertical pinions with wooden frames, to north with re-used piece of moulding.

Interior: seven bays, king-post trusses with tension screws,two rows of purlins, stone diaphragm arches into cart entries. South east lean-to chamber has chamfered stone stair formerly to an upper floor and a stone slab loading landing in doorway above. Re-used C17 moulded beam in south cart entry. A good example of a Cotswold barn. To the east are lower animal shelters with curved rubble stone rear wall, corrugated iron roof and turned stone piers front bays.

Listing NGR: ST9142598405