Description

SO 23 NE MICHAELCHURCH ESCLEY CP -

1/52 Barn immediately WNW of
_ Pike's Farmhouse

GV II

Barn. Probably C18. Coursed dry stone rubble, corrugated iron roof. Four
bays. One splayed ventilator slit either side of full height ledged entrance
doors, single ledged door to right hand side. Interior: doors lead to
threshing floor in second bay from left which is divided from adjacent bays
by 2 cill beams raised on rubble piers and stone flags set on end. The 2
transverse cill beams carry a central plank stud up to tie-beams which are
linked to rafters by raking struts. Two right hand bays are separated by
a rubble wall about 7 feet high. The wall carries a cill beam with 3 studs
rising to the tie-beam. The right hand bay, beyond the partition is divided
into 2 storeys with a stall containing rack and trough on the ground floor
and a hay loft above together providing stabling facilities. Much of the
timber in the right hand bay is re-used. Forms group with adjacent farmhouse
and cowhouse (qv).

Listing NGR: SO2908538153

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26518225

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)