Listed Building: TITHE BARN 40 METRES NORTH WEST OF COURT FARMHOUSE (395894)

CORSCOMBE COURT ST 50 NW 3/221 Tithe-Barn 40 metres north-west of Court Farmhouse GV II* Barn of the former monastic Grange. cl-50 Rubble-stone walls with slate roofs. Stone gable-coping at east and with pyramidal stop. West coping does not survive. Large projecting porch, right of centre on south side. Porch has diagonal buttresses with a plinth and 2 set-offs. Entrance has straight chamfered jambs with a segmental head. 4 plank doors with strap- hinges. Pedestrian doorway in east wall of porch, has a 4-centred head and straight-chamfered jambs. Porch has a stone gable-coping and a crocketed finial. Interior: Roof-construction in 5 bays, arch-braced- collar beam on jointed raised crucks. 2 slip-tenons at the joint. 2 sets of through-purlins with remnants of wind-bracing surviving. Arch- braces are slightly chamfered. Ridge and sub-rafters renewed. Scheduled Ancient Monument. Source: RCHM Dorset I, pl07(4). Listing NGR: ST5258705450

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