Description

ST86SE
1361-0/4/10004

HILPERTON
WHADDON

Cattleshed north west of Whaddon Grove Farmhouse

GV
II

Cattleshed, possibly originally a cartshed. Circa late C18 or early C19; extended later in C19. Rendered stone rubble with ashlar dressings. Double Roman pantile roof with gabled ends. PLAN: L-shaped on plan. 6-bay open-fronted cattleshed [or originally cartshed] to north east; extended in later C19 by the addition of a 5-bay cattleshed at right-angles to the south west. EXTERIOR: Single-storey 6-bay open-fronted shed with timber posts replacing the original stone Tuscan columns; the right-hand column in antis and end pilaster remain in situ [the other columns have been taken down, but remain preserved on site]. The rear and side walls have ashlar plinth and quoins, the south cast end gable has stone stringcourse. The left bay of the front colonnade is now abutted by the later C19 cattleshed with stone square piers, the open bays partly filled in by low stone rubble walls. INTERIOR: The original north east range has its late C18 or early C19 tie-beam roof structure with raking queen-struts. The south west range has later C19 king-post roof NOTE: Reputedly built for the Long family, clothiers and Wiltshire gentry. SOURCE: Wiltshire Buildings Record, Wiltshire Farm Buildings 1500-1900, p.77

Listing NGR: ST8833361465

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558830

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)