Description

YARNSCOMBE
SS 52 SE
4/273 Barn and adjoining horse-engine
- house and stable approximately 10
metres to north-east of Lower Ward
Farmhouse

GV II

Barn and stable. Probably late C18 or early C19, with later alterations. Cob on
roughly squared and coursed stone plinth, partly rebuilt in stone rubble. Gable-
ended Welsh-slate roof, probably formerly thatched. Stone rubble horse-engine house
with hipped corrugated-iron roof.
Plan: Barn to west with horse-engine house to rear and shippon with loft over
adjoining to east. Facing south. Barn with opposed cart entrances, probably
formerly with 2 pairs of double doors to front (right hand entrance since blocked).
Left-hand end and rear of barn rebuilt, probably in the later C19. Eaves raised
probably in the late C19 or early C20 (see band of different coloured cob under
eaves).
Exterior: Barn to left formerly with pair of cart entrances to front, divided and
flanked by projecting piers with pent-roofed porch over. Left-hand entrance has
large boarded double doors (one 2-leaf) with strap hinges and right-hand entrance is
blocked. Boarded loft door to left with strap hinges. Stable to right with loft
doorway, 2 ground-floor window openings with wooden lintels and central ground floor
doorway. Left-hand window with c1900 brick dressings and right-hand window reduced
in height at some time. Blocked doorway to left of left-hand window (see straight
joints and wooden lintel). Opposed large boarded double doors to rear of barn with
wooden lintel.
Interior: C19 six-bay barn roof with trusses consisting of principal rafters, tie-
beams and raking struts. Horse-engine house with heavy longitudinal beam, roof truss
with low collar and raking struts (second truss since dismantled).
This barn and stable form part of a farmstead group, also including Lower Ward
Farmhouse (qv).

Listing NGR: SS5528423801

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26612101

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)