Description

SS 4837-4937 BRAUNTON BRAUNTON

11/24 Threshing Barn and Horse Engine
- House 5 metres north-north-west
of Buckland Manor House

GV II*

Threshing Barn with attached Horse Engine House. 1712 by 2 datestones both
initialled H.I. at lower end. Rubble with pantiled roof, gabled upper end, hipped
at lower end. Rubble outshuts with pantiled lean-to roof added on both sides. 2
large double threshing doors at upper end, that to right retains original planking.
Six trusses with straight heavy principals survive with pegged collars and 2 tiers
of purlins.
Horse Engine House to rear with decagonal roof of small slates supported on tapering
rubble pillars, partially infilled on 7 sides with rubble walling circular in plan.
3 tiers of purlins between rafters, torched, with some replacement principals.
Complete massive gearing beam with horse-driven vertically shafted winding cog makes
this a rare and unusually complete survival.

Listing NGR: SS4835737771

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17531885

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)