Threshing Barn and Adjoining Cartshed/workshop/stable/granary Ranges Approximately 200 Metres South of Elsham Hall

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ELSHAM B 1206 TA 01 SW (east side, off) 5/16 Threshing barn and adjoining cartshed/workshop/ stable/ granary ranges approximately 200 metres south of Elsham Hall II GV Threshing barn and cartshed/workshop/stable/granary ranges. Mid C19 for T G Corbett with later additions and alterations. Red brick in Flemish bond with limestone ashlar dressings; concrete pantiles to south-east range, clay pantiles to remainder. Plan: forms 3 sides of rectangular farmyard to rear of main coach-house (qv): barn to south-west with adjoining ranges at right angles; workshop and stables/granary to north-west, cartshed/granary to south-east. South-west range, internal face: 2-storey, 7-bay barn flanked by low 2-storey, single-bay ranges. Barn: central ashlar basket-arched entrance with keyed chamfered rustication and ashlar band at impost level, blocked basket-arched door to right with rusticated ashlar quoins and keystone, 6 first-floor Gothick ogee-arched carved ashlar ventilators. Flanking ranges have ashlar band; C20 sliding door to left; blocked door with casement above to right; stepped and cogged brick eaves cornices. External face: barn has ashlar keystone and imposts to central entrance, 5 ground-floor diamond-shaped brick breathers, segmental-headed door and window to right, and 2 square first-floor pitching hatches flanked by pairs of diamond breathers; lower range to right has blocked arched entrance with ashlar key and imposts, round-headed window with ovolo-moulded ashlar surround, later blocked door and inserted window; range to left has entrance with board doors beneath segmental arch, C20 casement beneath former arched entrance, inserted windows and door. South-east range, internal face: low 2 storeys, 10 bays, with later single-bay extension to north. 10 basket- arched cart entrances with ashlar keystones and imposts, of which the 2 southern entrances are open, the remainder with later C19-C20 blocking and inserted doors and windows; single narrow arched entrance to southern angle with ashlar impost band. First floor: 6 hatches with ventilation grilles; casement to left extension. Stepped and cogged brick eaves cornice, roof hipped to right. External face: 10 cart entrances, that to south with pair of board doors, remainder blocked; 5 original and 3 inserted first-floor hatches with grilles and board doors. North east range, internal face: low 2 storeys, 13 bays, with later 3-bay addition and house to northern angle. Early section has 3 segmental-arched cart entrances with ashlar keystones, 5 segmental-arched doors (1 blocked with inserted casement), 2 segmental- arched windows and 3 tall workshop windows with glazing bars, re-glazed in C20; 9 first-floor segmental-arched openings, 4 glazed, the remainder blocked. Exterior face forms arcaded screen wall facing the Park: 5 bays, central and outer bays breaking forward. 8 basket-arched panels with raised ashlar keys and imposts: single arches to outer bays, twin arches to central bays; 4 arches with contemporary recessed blocking (1 with inserted door), 3 with full C20 glazing and 1 with large C20 window above blocking. First- floor hatches with C20 glazing. Stepped and cogged brick eaves cornice, pair of axial stacks. North-west range partly occupied by tea shop at time of resurvey.

Listing NGR: TA0305411813

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