Barn And Adjoining Store, The Moat

SO 72 SW NEWENT -

7/64 Barn and adjoining store, The Moat

GV II

Former barn and stable, now barn and store: second half C18; Flemish bond brickwork, tiled roof. Five-bay barn, 2-bay, 2-storey stable. Elevation facing house, central boarded, double doors, with small, personal door in one: stone hinge blocks, steep segmental brick arch over. Walls each side reduce half-brick in thickness just below mid height, with pilaster buttresses above at bay divisions, except in extreme left bay where wall remains at lower thickness for full height. Three slit air vents in plinth on each side, with further slit in thick, upper wall section. Lancet with ogee head in each recessed panel, infilled with brick grill. Parapet gables; iron weathervane on ridge near left gable. Similar lancet in head of left gable. To right lower wing, stone plinth, boarded door up 2 steps, below cambered brick arch. Top third of wall panelled as barn, with similar lancets, but with projecting brick impost at springing of head. Parapet gable. Internally, slight internal buttresses: slit air vents splayed: tie beam trusses with collar and angle struts, 2 pairs purlins, square ridge. Stable lofted, truss as barn, but plank ridge: slit air vents in gable. Stable slightly later than barn. Timber shed built against stable not of special interest.

Listing NGR: SO7221024274