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| HER Number | MWB21571 |
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| Record Type | Building |
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| Name | Former stable at North Heath Farmhouse, Winterbourne |
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Summary
Unlisted brick building probably of early 19th century date, originally a stable with hayloft over but converted to a grain store in the mid 20th century
Monument Type(s):
- HAYLOFT (19th century to Mid 20th century - 1801 AD? to 1950 AD)
- STABLE (19th century to Mid 20th century - 1801 AD? to 1950 AD)
- BARN (Mid 20th century to Late 20th century - Present - 1950 AD? to 1990 AD?)
Full Description
An unlisted barn at North Heath Farm was recorded in connection with a planning application to convert it to residential use <1><2>. It was built of a local clay brick with the roof formed of eight oak trusses, covered in clay tiles.
It was the view of the long term land owner that the building had been constructed in about 1800 as a stable for the farm's shire horses, with a hayloft over. Horses had been kept in the six stabling cubicles until the late 1940s-early 1950s when tractors had taken over. The building had then been used for general farm storage and stock sheltering until the late 1950s-early 1960s when an increase in grain-cropping led to its conversion to a barn. The stable doors and hayloft windows were altered. The barn ceased to be used as a grain store in the 1970s, and then became completely redundant.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | West Berkshire Council. 2000-present. West Berkshire Planning Applications 2000 onwards. online. 05/00816/FULD. [Unpublished document / SWB147564]
http://planning.westberks.gov.uk/rpp/index.asp?caseref= (initial string - planning application number to be added after this) |
| <02> | Pearce, B. 2006. Investigation of barn before conversion, North Heath Farm, Chieveley. 2018 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB14597] |
Related Monuments
| MWB17230 | North Heath Farm (Monument) |
| MWB19425 | North Heath Farmhouse, Winterbourne (Building) |
| MWB19426 | OUTBUILDING APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES TO SOUTH EAST OF NORTH HEATH FARMHOUSE, Winterbourne (Building) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB856 | Investigation of barn before conversion, North Heath Farm, Chieveley |
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