Rock House And Barn Adjoining North West Corner

ST22NE CREECH ST MICHAEL CP ADSBORUUGH

6/66 Rock House and barn adjoining North-West corner

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Farmhouse and barn. Late medieval, partly rebuilt C16-C17, barn added subsequantly, altered late C19 early C20. Red sandstone random rubble, roughcast facade and white washed South front of barn, double Roman tiled roof, brick stacks right gable end and to right of junction with barn. Plan: thought to be late medieval longhouse lying North-South, open hall South end, through passage to left of remaining central stack lost when byre end rebuilt on smaller site as dairy, entrance resited in present location, barn wing added. Two storeys, two 3-light leaded iron casements first floor right set above flat-roofed square early C20 bay windows with stained glass upper-lights flanking gabled glazed porch with tracery in gable end, inserted C20 many-paned door. Barn projecting left, timber hung gabled end, sliding double doors under wooden lintol in re-entant angle. Buttressed right return with blocked 2-light pointed arch stair window and later glazed opening below, Rear elevation, some early, C19 leaded iron casements, and a 2-light octagonal framed window said to be extant in South East end bay. Interior: not sighted. Said to contain 2 blackened framed trusses, and one arch braced, flanked by rebuilt end trusses, wattle and daub partition on first floor. Chamfered beams with steps and runout stops. (VAG report, unpublished SRO, November 1981).

Listing NGR: ST2777029166