Barn And Attached Outbuildings At Tocknell'S Court

PAINSWICK SO 91 SE 2/19 Barn and attached out- buildings at Tocknell's Court GV II* Barn, stables with loft, dovecote and outbuildings. Early C18. Dressed squared limestone, stone slate roofs, but glazed double Roman tile to dovecote blocks. Central barn with deep projecting cart entry faced in horizontal boarding, this flanked by outshut roofs at slightly steeper pitch; to left is long stable block, and to right a 2-storey block with pigeon openings. The barn runs across the end of a deep narrow courtyard. Barn has pair of large board doors with boarding carried up into gable, and partly into attached outshuts. Each side are 3 small oculi with floating cornices, the two at lower level in each case with stone pigeon perch. Low left and right large plank doors in ovolo mould stone surrounds. Wing, left, has flight of 8 stone steps to landing with deep splayed each, to cross-gablet unit with plank door in ovolo-mould stone surround. Outer gable has large glazed oculus over large plank door low left in ovolo-mould stone surround. Wing, right has similar cross gable approached by flight of 15 steps to landing as opposite. Left of this is a door and 2-light ovolo-mould opening under stepped continuous hood, and right is a 3-light ovolo mould casement with stopped drip. In gable 6 rows of square pigeon openings with ledges, and at eaves on either side a single row. Gable end to house has open cart shed at ground floor. Barn in 5 bays, C20 roof following mid C20 fire, various ventilation slits; flush opening far side. Stable block has some stalls and retains hay-loft floor on heavy structure. The whole group, practically unmodified except for barn roof, an important group adjunct to Tocknell's House (qv).

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