Description

SO 33 SE BACTON CP -

5/14 Barn and cowhouse about
25 yards south west of
- Upper House Farmhouse

GV II

Barn and cowhouse. Probably C18. Rubble, part timber-frame, weatherboards,
woven panels, stone slate and corrugated iron roof. 6 bays consisting of
3-bay central part, wider 2 bay adjoining part to east with catslide
extensions to north and a single bay wider part to west. Rubble external
walls, except for that to north, with "loop-hole" ventilators either side
of ledge full height opposing doors. Frame: north wall is 3 panels high
from cill to wall-plate with woven panels, 3 purlins. Interior: threshing
floor behind full height doors, trusses are of 2 types: vertical struts from
ties to collars; raking struts from tie-beam beneath which is a horizontal
rail supporting partition studs. Woven panel partition to division between
central and east part. The east elevation is typical of the locality in
presenting 3 symmetrically placed doors in a rubble gable end of great span
leading to a cowhouse containing rack and trough.

Listing NGR: SO3614631852

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26473351

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)