Description

BALDERSTONE
SD 63 SW
4/3 Old Chapel House barn
-
- II

Barn, c.1700. Sandstone rubble with roof of stone slate and slate, now
mostly missing. At the left the shippon end projects forwards and has a
door with chamfered surround. Further right the roof is carried across the
wide entrance as a canopy, with right-hand cheek. The doors are har-hung
with studded vertical oak planks. The doorway has a timber lintel. Further
right there is a blocked 1st floor doorway, and a window on each floor
with hollow-chamfered surround and central mullion removed. At the right
is a door with chamfered surround, the right-hand jamb now moved inwards
to make the doorway narrower. Above the lintel is a worn plaque inscribed
with initials and a C17 date, now illegible. Coped gables. Interior has 3
trusses with tie beams, high collars, and raking queen struts. At the rear
is a threshing door. Against the rear wall are later lean-to shippons.

Listing NGR: SD6300132342

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26644236

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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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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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)