Barn And Shelter Shed To South Of House, Oxlease Farm

The building is a barn and shelter shed located to the south of Oxleaze Farm, likely dating from the late 18th century, with extensions added in the early and mid-19th century. It features random rubble walls with squared stone dressings and a stone slate roof, while the field side of the barn has asbestos cement slates. The barn is a four-bay structure with porches on each side, a lean-to on one side, and a lofted extension at one end. There is also a 13-bay shelter shed positioned at right angles from the other end.

On the field side, the barn has a plinth, four small triangular air vents, a hipped porch with double boarded doors, and a large window cut on the right. The gables are parapet style. Facing the yard, there is a lean-to on the right with a slit window and steps leading up to a granary door on the right return of the projecting porch. The porch has a plinth and double boarded doors at the ground floor, a timber lintel, and a blank wall above with stepped verge stones. A further lean-to, slightly set back on the left, has a boarded door on the left return. The stable section to the left includes a two-light mullioned window, a boarded door with a cambered stone arch, and a single-light window, all topped with parapet gables.

Inside, the barn has an off-centre threshing floor to the left from the yard, supported by collar and tie-beam trusses and two pairs of purlins, with no ridge piece. There is a stable cupboard recess to the left of the door, three cut-tie beam trusses, and two pairs of purlins with a plank ridge. To the right of the barn is the shelter shed, which originally had an open front supported by circular, monolithic ashlar columns that taper and have square, plain capitals. The end bays have been walled up later, while others are partly boarded. Internally, the shelter shed is divided into eight and five bays by a stone cross wall that relates to the wall across the yard, with a stone base for a trough along the back wall and a boarded front above on low angled timber posts. The tie-beam trusses in the shelter shed also have one pair of purlins.

The barn and shelter shed are likely the oldest parts of the structure, with the lean-tos and one porch added later, and the stable added in the third quarter of the 19th century. The barn is a notable example of a type found only in the Cotswolds, featuring a granary set above the porch, while the shelter shed is an impressive range with stone columns. This building forms a group with the house and another barn nearby.