Building record 2881/5/2 - Barn & Attached Stable c.15m South-East of The Old Farmhouse

A late 18th century barn and stable south of the southern end of the Old Farmhouse on the southern side of the High Street. The building is constructed of squared coursed limestone with a double pitched Collyweston slate roof. The building has small opposing doors and many triangular ventilation holes. The interior is said to contain a threshing circle.

{1} Barn. Late C18. Squared coursed limestone with Collyweston slate roof. 5-bay barn with central entrance under wood lintel. 2 tiers of triangular ventilation holes. Stable attached to right may be of earlier origin and has steeper pitched roof. Stable door in gable end. Interior: C18 roof structures with staggered purlins.

{4} Photographs, plans and elevations. Details of buttress, vent construction, doorways etc.
Report states that the stable/dovecote is the earlier of the two adjoining buildings, possibly late C17th. Nesting boxes still visible inside, but may be a later introduction (?C19th). The original function of the barn was probably for threshing.

{5} Undated photo;

{1, 6} A late 18th century barn and stable. The building is constructed of limestone with a double pitched Collyweston Slate roof. The building has small opposing doors and many triangular ventilation holes. The interior is said to contain a threshing circle. The barn ans stable is a Grade II Listed Building.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 11/71 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G12 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.58 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Looker J., 2006, The Barn, 36 High Street, Easton on the Hill, 2006, (part checked) (Report). SNN105707.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Easton On The Hill (Photographs). SNN111661.

<6> Historic England, Building File (Uncertain). SNN71057.

<7> Historic England, Undated, THE OLD FARMHOUSE, EASTON ON THE HILL, BF084076 (Archive). SNN114023.

Record last edited

Sep 6 2022 12:15PM