Description

FONTHILL BISHOP SALISBURY ROAD,
ST 93 SW (off north side), Bishops Fonthill

1/84 Barn at Kingstead Farm

GV II

Barn. Probably late C17, altered mid C19 for Fonthill Estate.
Dressed limestone and rubble stone, tiled roof with coped verge to
south and half-hip to north. Eight bays. West side has corrugated
iron doors and segmental-headed doorway to right, two gabled loft
doors to left. North gable has double planked doors and planked
loft door over, both are C19 insertions. South gable has stone
buttress with two offsets. East side has double sliding doors, C19
inserted segmental and semi-circular openings to left, attached C20
implement shed.
Interior has 8-bay collar and tie-beam roof with two tiers of
through purlins, some curved windbracing retained in south bays,
timber partly renewed to north. North bay and a half divided off
with C19 brick partition wall. A pre-1700 barn surviving amongst a
group of C19 and C20 estate farm buildings.

Listing NGR: ST9350233061

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26439289

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