Description

SO 82 NE LEIGH TEWKESBURY ROAD, Coombe Hill
(east side)

3/80 Barn, Grange Farm
II
Barn, and former cartshed and granary. Mid to late C18, altered
C20. English bond brickwork, stone plinth, tiled roof. Five-bay
barn, centre porches with 2-bay cartshed with granary over at one
end; lean-tos along whole of south side to depth of porch. Gable
to road: boarded door and metal window to right, metal window to
left, all with concrete lintels. Between, brick steps to
granary, stone treads and quarter landing, simple handrail:
boarded door to granary, window to left, cambered brick heads to
both: parapet gable. Right return low wall to lean-to, various
windows: double, boarded doors to porch, gable over. Single-
storey wing off right end not of special interest.
Interior: barn with diamond air-vents in sides and ends, including
to originally internal walls. Unusual queen-strut truss, with
collar set between struts; 2 pairs square, butt purlins, set
vertically, plank ridge, long windbraces rising from wallplate,
cutting rafters. Doorway each side of south porch into lean-tos.
Cartshed extended into lean-to: originally central timber post to
main, north opening, timber lintel over. Tie-beam truss to
granary, angle struts and collar. Lean-tos on left return not of
special interest.

Listing NGR: SO8895127353

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26591727

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (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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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)