Description

SE 81 NW GARTHORPE AND LUDDINGTON ROAD
FOCKERBY (north side, off)
Garthorpe
4/14 Threshing barn at
Duddings Farm
16.9.87 approximately 60 metres
north of Homeacres

- II

Threshing barn. Late C18 with later C18 - early C19 extension to west, and
later store-room addition to south-west. Brown brick. Sandstone ashlar
dressings to C19 addition. Pantile roof. Barn rectangular on plan,
original section of 4½ internal bays with central through waggon entrance;
extended to 6 bays, with addition at right angles to south-west corner. 2-
storey height, 3 tiers of openings. South side: projecting waggon entrance
has C20 harr-hung double board doors beneath timber lintel. Side bays each
have 3 tiers of 5 breather slits, those to bottom tier slightly longer,
apart from top tier to left which has pitching hatch and 3 slits. 3 small
blocked inserted openings to lower left side associated with former horse
mill. Straight joint to left extension which has pair of breather slits.
Stepped eaves. Tumbled-in brick to raised gables. North side: C20 altered
waggon entrance has truncated projecting brick piers carrying timber lintel
with rebuilt brickwork above. Side bays have 6 breathers to each tier, with
blocked hatch to top right. Outline of former adjoining gabled range to
right, straight joint to extension with blocked inserted door and pair of
breather slits. East gable end has 2 lower rows of 4 slits, a blocked
basket-arched door above, flanked by single slits, and 3 slits to gable.
West gable end has 2 rows of 3 slits, with a pair of slits to gable. South-
west lean-to addition has round-chamfered round-headed entrance to south
with board door beneath dentilled eaves cornice; left and right returns have
single windows with iron bars, tooled ashlar sills and lintels with pairs of
breather slits above. Interior. Roof to original section of barn has main
trusses with broad king posts and raking struts to principal rafters
carrying 2 tiers of bracketed through-purlins, and intermediate collared
principal rafters. West extension has plain king-post roof with pegged
staggered butt-purlins.

Listing NGR: SE8448618951

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26364041

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Recommended Books

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings