Description

DITCHEAT CP KITE LANE (West side)
ST6236
16/257 Principal barn in farmyard at
- Abbey Farm
- II

Barn with attached horse-engine house and cart-shed. C18, early C19 alteration. Coursed rubble, tile roofs, stone tiles
to eaves, coped verges, freestone dressings. Barn rectangular in plan with a hipped roof porch to each long side. Six
bays, slit-breathers to elevations; porches with paired plank doors, iron strap hinges. Attached to east a
single-storeyed engine-house with half-conical tile roof supported on an open arcade of 7 thick wooden posts which in
turn stand on stone plinths, inside remains of overhead gearing with iron pinion and drive shaft; inside the barn the
driveshaft terminates in an iron and wood flywheel. Raised lias threshing floor Roof of simple tie-beam construction.
Two bay cart-shed attached to north, 2 high openings, divided by wooden post. An rare example of an horse engine-house
in north Somerset.

Listing NGR: ST6229336224

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26310627

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)