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Summary

A typical Devon granary comprising a rendered timber-framed structure with brick infill supported on staddle stones, with a symmetrical hipped slate roof.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1106968: GRANARY TO THE NORTH-WEST OF BENSHAYES FARMHOUSE
• SHINE: Traditional Listed (Grade II) Farm Buildings, including a Shippon and Granary and farm pond, marked on nineteenth century mapping, at Benhayes Farm

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS92SW/34/1
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• GRANARY (Built, XVIII to XIX - 1701 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Department of Environment, 1987, Bampton, 1 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV54005.

Granary to the north west of Benshayes Farmhouse. Probably late C18/early C19. Timber frame with brick infill, whitewashed and plastered externally and supported on staddle stones; hipped slate roof. Square on plan with the doorway on the north side. An unusual survival in the region associated with a good farmyard group.

Child, P., 2000, Countryside Stewardship: Buildings at Benshayes Farm, Bampton (Correspondence). SDV366493.

The granary is a typical example of this type of building which appears in Devon c.1800, comprising a light-weight structure supported on staddle stones. The granary at Benshayes has a timber frame infilled with brick which is rendered externally with a symmentrical hipped slate roof.

Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.

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