Description

RICHARDS CASTLE

SO57SW Farm buildings north of Hucksbarn
482-1/9/150 Farmhouse (Hucksbarn Farmhouse not
15/03/74 included)
(Formerly Listed as:
Barn to north-east of Hucksbarn
Farmhouse)

II

Farmyard complex comprising stables with hayloft, cowhouse
with dovecote, barns, cowhouse, shelter shed, and granary.
Late C17 with C18, C19 and C20 additions. Weatherboarded
timber-frame, stone rubble and brick with plain-tiled roofs.
3-sided courtyard plan of east, north and west ranges.

Stables with hayloft in east range: stone rubble; 2-bay range
in 2 storeys. Boarded door to west gable with weatherboarded
truss over. East gable-end with framed openings at first and
ground level and ventilation slots in the apex. Single
trenched-purlin roof with single raking-strut truss. Cobbled
floor.
INTERIOR: not inspected

Cowhouse with dovecote in east range: weatherboarded
timber-frame at loft-level set on stone rubble wall to east.
Stone rubble wall with doors and vents to west. Dovecote set
on roof ridge over centre bay: pyramid roof with weather-vane
set on 3-tier dovecote on rendered base. 6-bay single purlin
roof. Trusses of low pitch with later underbuilding of cross
beams and arcade bracing on ground-storey brickwork to form
lean-to extension on west side.
INTERIOR: not inspected

Barn in north range: stone rubble and weatherboard. 5 bays
with open bay at each end linking to adjacent cowhouses. 2
storeys. Central opposing cart entrances with C20 door to
north and weatherboarded infill to south. 4 king-post trusses.
Cowhouse in north range: C20 brick on stone rubble with C20
steel windows inserted in openings. 7-bay roof with 6
king-post trusses. C20 lean-to extension to rear.
Shelter shed in west range: C19 on earlier core. Brick on
stone rubble rear plinth wall. 6 open bays to front. Cobbled
floor.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Granary in west range is now garage with storeroom. C19 on
earlier core. Brick. 2 storeys. Weatherboarded west gable over
open cart entrance. First-floor plain boarded door in east
gable.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO5081273008

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663625

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Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)