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English: Barn, Upton St. Leonards This magnificent barn is at Manor Farm, on Portway. The following description is taken from the description on http://www.stroud.gov.uk/info/listed_buildings/upton_stleonards.pdf :
"Large barn with attached stable at east end. C15, possibly earlier; late C17 stable. Very large coursed and squared limestone; timber framing; coursed rubble to stable; stone slate roof (clay pantile to north slope). Off-centre south porch to 6- bay barn; stable with loft. South side: stone base walls with chamfered plinth and buttresses; gabled porch with plank barn doors and outshut to right; weatherboarded porch gable and upper part of barn walls; low opening in wall to left of porch with plank doors; plain stone side wall to stable. East end: barn end is half-hipped with small gablet, gabled stable with 2 stable doors having timber lintels; central loft door over with timber lintels; 3 rows of a pigeon holes in gable apex. North side: weatherboarded above buttressed stone base walls as to south; central porch with raised sprocketted roof; attached shelter sheds are not of special interest. West end: weatherboarded half-hipped gable end with I 3 gablet above buttressed stone base wall. S= Interior has 7 raised cruck trusses with very high cambered collars and arched bracing; 2 rows of purlins and ogee-curved wind bracing: close studded end walls; small framing along sides. Internal span Il of approximately 8.2m across feet of crucks. Rafters and framing are original: C15 work is largely intact with little evidence of repair or replacement. C19 iron tie-rods sag and appear unnecessary. A lofty and elegant structure. Important barn and one of the best in the county. Possibly built as Tithe Barn for Gloucester Abbey. (N.W. Alcock, Cruck Construction: An Introduction and Catalogue, Q 1981). |
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Author | Derek Harper |
Attribution (required by the license) InfoField | Derek Harper / Barn, Upton St. Leonards / |
InfoField | Derek Harper / Barn, Upton St. Leonards |
Camera location | 51° 49′ 31.2″ N, 2° 11′ 20″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.825320; -2.188800 |
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Object location | 51° 49′ 32.1″ N, 2° 11′ 19″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.825590; -2.188500 |
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