Information for record number MWA8157:
Barn at Manor House, Church Street, Churchover

Summary A barn dating to the Imperial period. It is situated on Church Street, Churchover.
What Is It?  
Type: Barn
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Churchover
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 51 80
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Listed Building (Grade: II)
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1 Cattle-shelter. 18th century. Timber-framed with red brick rear wall in garden wall bond. Corrugated-iron roof with gabled ends, some thatch remains underneath. L-shaped on plan, 5 bays with 1-bay wing. Open-fronted with timber posts supporting arcade-plate. Interior: Low tie-beams supporting six trusses with curved cruck-like principals, which are tenoned into the tie-beams and halved and crossed at the apexes to support the ridgepiece; straight collars halved and lapped to principals; all joints pegged; purlins set on the backs of the principals; battens and some thatch remain under the iron cladding.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: LBL
Author/originator: EH
Date: 1997
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1641/4/10020
   
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designation Listed Building Buildings and structures, such as bridges, that are of architectural or historical importance are placed on a statutory list. These buildings are protected by planning and conservation acts that ensure that their special features of interest are considered before any alterations are made to them.

Depending on how important the buildings are they are classed as Grade I, Grade II* or Grade II. Grade I buildings are those of exceptional interest. Grade II* are particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Those listed as Grade II are those buildings that are regarded of special interest.
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source LBL Listed Building List. Buildings and structures, such as bridges, that are of architectural or historical importance are placed on a list. Buildings placed on the list are protected through various planning and conservation acts which ensure that their special features of interest are considered before any alterations are made to them. The Listed Buildings List is compiled and maintained by English Heritage. It includes details of where the building is, when it was built, a description of its appearance, and any other special features. back
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SHELTER * A structure which protects an area of ground from the weather. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument BARN * A building for the storage and processing of grain crops and for housing straw, farm equipment and occasionally livestock and their fodder. Use more specific type where known. back
monument GARDEN WALL * A stone or brick wall either in, or enclosing, a garden. back
monument WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back

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