Barn Approximaterly 25 Metres South-West Of Lower Corndon Cottage

SX 68 NE CHAGFORD

3/50 Barn approximately 25 metres - south-west of Lower Corndon Cottage GV II

Barn converted to stables. C18, possibly earlier core. Granite stone rubble with roughly-dressed granite quoins, cob on wall top; corrugated iron roof (formerly thatch). Plan and description: former barn, now stables with hayloft over, facing east. Front has a doorway with hayloft loading hatch over (both with plain C19 doors), in the blocking of a tall doorway with oak lintel. There is no sign of an opposing doorway in the rear wall. Right end wall has a slit window in the blocking of a small doorway. Left (south) end wall has a central slit window at ground and first floor levels. Roof is half-hipped each end. Interior: inserted hayloft floor carried on roughly soffit-chamfered crossbeams. C20 stalls. 5-bay roof of A-frame trusses with pegged and spiked lap-jointed collars. Barn forms part of a group with the nearby byre (q.v.) and Lower Corndon and Lower Corndon Cottage (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SX6921785306