Threshing Barn About 30 Metres South Of Aller Farmhouse

CHRISTOW SX 88 SW 5/65 Threshing barn about 30 metres south of Aller Farmhouse GV II Threshing barn and remains of horse engine house. Probably C17 or C18 with considerable patching and C19 re-roofing. Cob and stone rubble with a corrugated iron roof, gabled at ends. Plan: Rectangular on plan with large opposed doorways, sited above and to the south of the farmhouse. Remains of a probably C19 rounded horse engine house on the north side, lean-to on south side at right. Exterior: Single storey with a large doorway on the front, buttressed to the left of the doorway. Lean-to at the right end with 2 granite monoliths, presumably originally open-fronted now infilled with a mixture of weatherboarding, brieze blocks and corrugated iron. The horse engine house is partly ruinous with a lean-to corrugated iron roof at the rear, the beam still survives. Interior: 9 bays of probably C19 collar rafter roof trusses.

Listing NGR: SX8346884064