Former corn barn and stable range of Bodorgan home farm

Former Corn Barn and Stable Range of Bodorgan Home Farm

This agricultural range was built in several phases and now forms a U-shaped plan opening to the north, with a separate stable-cartshed range to the north (listed separately) enclosing the yard. The range comprises a corn barn to the west, stables along the long central section, and a coach-house to the east, with the latter not positioned at right angles to the stables.

The corn barn is of two phases, with a granary and cowman's house added to the south gable. It is constructed of rubble masonry with dressed quoins and architraves, the extent of the original barn marked by dressed quoins. Wide opposed doorways to the centre feature segmental ashlar stone heads (now with a full-height glass door to the west and a window to the east), with two narrow splayed vent slits symmetrically placed either side. The roof has been renewed with thin slates and includes three modern skylights to the east pitch and stone slab copings to the north gable. A slate plaque to the north gable reads "GM 1993", dating a recent conversion to estate office use. The interior contains three bays with plain trusses on tie-beams with notched lapped collars and three rows of through purlins, now converted to offices.

The cowman's house with granary over abuts the south gable of the barn. It is built of rubble masonry using smaller stones than the barn, with large quoins and a modern thin slate roof covering, hipped at the south end. Two tall red brick chimneys occupy the east side, with a similar tall chimney to the west and a larger brick chimney to the southwest corner. Replacement windows consist of 2-pane casements with dressed limestone jambs and brick heads; sawn slate sills to the ground floor and wooden lintels with slab sills to the granary. External stone stairs to the granary are positioned on the west elevation, with a window on the ground floor to the right (south). The west elevation is asymmetrical, with the door offset to the south and a window either side, plus two smaller windows to the granary. The east elevation has a door to the north (right) with two blocked doors to the left, and two small windows of different sizes to the granary.

The long central stable range comprises two builds. The older part to the left (east) is single storey, built of rubble masonry with flat stone voussoir arches to openings and a profiled asbestos roof covering. Two doorways occupy the east end, with that to the left set at a lower level and that to the right featuring a rectangular fanlight and boarded loft door over; a third door is set off-centre to the right of the original building. Five 16-pane sash windows arranged in groups of 3 and 2 are set at slightly different levels, including two to the right of the right-hand doorway. The interior has a flag floor with an axial sandstone drain, a back wall with wood panelling with recesses for mangers, and coved plaster ceilings.

The later western build is of rubble masonry with brick segmental arches to openings, mainly with squared limestone jambs (two windows to the right have brick jambs). Three doorways with boarded doors and five windows arranged 2-3 between are featured. The windows have 8-pane fixed upper lights with 'hit-and-miss' ventilators below. A small boarded opening to the loft occupies the left end, and an added red brick chimney is positioned to the rear (south). The interior has open ceilings.

The lofted coach-house at the east end is built of a mixture of rubble masonry (east side) and squared and coursed masonry (west and south sides), with dressed limestone quoins and fine ashlar work to original openings, and a hipped slate roof with small louvre vents to each pitch. The west elevation features a wide coach-house doorway to the left with a modern 1920s wooden garage door, and a door to the right with a semi-circular head and raised keystone leading to a passage-way. Between the doorways is a square-headed 16-pane sash window with fine ashlar jambs and lintel. Two loft openings are positioned above: a square opening to the left with boarded door, and a shorter window with small panes to the right. The interior contains hunter stables and saddle rooms.

The east side of the coach-house, originally the front, was remodelled circa 1825 when two wide doors were blocked and replaced by semi-circular headed windows. The stonework on this side is squared and coursed, reflecting the original importance of the front and the higher status of the building. At the north end is an 8-pane sash window with voussoir ashlar head and a wide blocked door to the left. To the left of the blocked door, a segmentally arched 4-pane sash window has been inserted into a second blocked doorway (formerly with voussoir ashlar head). Further left is a small-paned window with semi-circular arched head with raised keystone, with a blocked doorway to the extreme left (featuring a voussoir head). Four windows to the loft consist of three 20-pane sashes and one 16-pane sash. The south elevation has a central semi-circular arched window with raised keystone, flanked by smaller windows set at a higher level, all with small panes. Over the central window is a 20-pane sash window.