Description

BUCKLAND-TOUT-SAINTS BEARSCOMBE
SX 74 SE
8/47 Farmyard group north-
west of Bearscombe Farm-
House
GV II --
Farmyard, enclosed on four sides by 2-storey buildings. Late C18 or early C19.
Slatestone rubble, slate or corrugated asbestos-cement roofs. North side is
long 2-storey barn; to yard has 2 brick segemental head doorways, and a large
opening to timber lintel and paired plank doors to right, with additional unit
with swept-down roof in corner. Right gable, built in to slope has wide plank
loading door to loft; back has some vents. Interior with 9 or 10 bays scissors
roof, and a stone partition, raised in timber, towards left end. On the north
side a former leat leads to wheel pit, wheel now gone. Enclosing the yard to
right of barn is high stone wall to about 3.5 metres from yard level, containing
recess to semicircular curved back, former water supply point. Left, west side
of yard has shippon in 2 storeys with 4 openings to segmental heads in stone
voussoirs, and one larger square opening; first floor has 2 square loading open-
ings. Return, at south side, similar, with 3 voussoired openings and a square
opening under 2 loading openings; interior has central spine wall in concrete
block. A small gabled wing returns towards the upper barn, with a large square
opening, and gable raised in concrete block. To east face is set against the
slope, with a loading opening to the loft in the end gable. The wall containing
niche, attached to barn, sweeps round in broad curve to give lead-in to gate to
the yard. A large, regular group forming part of a large assembly of outbuild-
ings to Bearscombe Farmhouse (q.v), little altered. Except for loss of some
roof slating, and use of concrete block, but unobtrusively.

Listing NGR: SX7528944766

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26461579

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