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HER Number (PRN):17206
Name:Barn, cart entrance and loose box appoximately 40m W of The Old Farmhouse, Bucknell
Type of Record:Building
Protected Status:Conservation Area: Bucknell
Listed Building (II) 1054985: BARN, CART ENTRANCE AND LOOSE BOX APPROXIMATELY 40 METRES WEST OF THE OLD FARMHOUSE

Monument Type(s):

  • BARN (Late, 17th century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
  • LOOSE BOX (Late, 17th century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Summary

A late 17th century barn, cart entrance and loose box, which are protected by Grade II Listing.

Parish:Bucknell, South Shropshire, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SO37SE
Grid Reference:SO 3554 7399

Related records

01160Related to: Motte castle 30m south of The Old Farm, Bucknell (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Description

Barn, cart entrance and loose box. Late C17 with later alterations. Weatherboarded timber frame on roughly coursed limestone rubble plinth; corrugated iron roof, hipped to north. Slightly later 2-bay storage loft and loose box at right angles to east on north and 5-bay former threshing barn to south, flanking cart entrance to farmyard. East front: barn to left has 5 square pitching openings and central doorway; loose box to right has boarded doors to front and onto cart entrance to left. Interior. Framing visible: square panels, 3 from cill to wall-plate with short straight tension braces, some with woven infill. Long straight tension braces to bay partitions. Staggered double-purlin roof with slightly raking struts from tie beams to principal rafters; collar and tie beam end trusses with struts from collars. Stone slab threshing floor in third bay from south. Framing more renewed to loose box; central truss with curved principal rafters and queen-strut end truss with raking struts from collar. Blocked C17 segmental-headed doorway to cart entrance. The range forms one side of a farmstead, grouped around a square courtyard with farmhouse (qv, under The Old Farmhouse) to east <1>

Sources

[00]SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 17206.
[00]SSA20723 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. SMR Sheets Collection. SMR record sheets. SMR Sheet for PRN SA 17206.
[01]SSA4641 - List of Buildings: Department of the Environment (DoE). 1987-May-28. 13th List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Vol 1583-0. List volume. p12.
Date Last Edited:May 16 2022 10:13AM