Description

In the entry for:-

SD 93 NW
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TRAWDEN
LANE TOP
Winewall
Grain kiln with stable to rear of No 39

(Formerly listed as Corn-drying Kiln south east of No 39)

GV
II*
Grain kiln with stable. c1700. Coursed gritstone, stone slate roof. 1-storey with partial basement, 3 bays. Large quoins; chamfered, quoined opening. Each side has doorway (now window) on uphill side of a row of blocked slit vents set beneath 2 small windows. Top-end gable has broad cart entrance with rebated jambs and massive lintel. Other gable with small basement door beneath blocked doorway and slit; square owl-hole. Interior: basement door leads, via low passage with niches, to a fire-chamber over which an arch supports a grill formed by slats of stone notched into stone joists; kiln tiles removed. Rooms above are linked by a chamfered, square-headed doorway. Original king-post trusses, twin purlins and ridge. Probably used for drying oats as well as corn. An extremely well-preserved example of a rear building type.

Listing NGR: SD9121639969

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17531915

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)