Linhays and Stable, Brandish Street Farm, Holnicote Estate

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The L-shaped buildings forming a Linhay, Cart Linhay and Stables at Brandish Street Farm. It probably dates to the C18 and then enlarged in the mid C19. The buildings are made of red sandstone and random rubble with slate roofs. As a group they are Listed Grade II. The Stable was in use as stockhouse and the Cart Linhay a machinery and fuel store when surveyed in 1993.

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The Listing description states that the Linhay and stables with loft over is probably C18 and enlarged mid C19. It is built of red sandstone random rubble, with slate roofs. The stables with a shallower pitch. L-plan: 3 bay linhay or cattle byre with loft over, doorway right, 2-bay stable with tack room and lean-to addition in angle. Linhay: square headed full height openings in wall, weather boarded upper storey, 2 plank doors in each bay, square headed doorway right, 2 unglazed openings set below eaves left, 2 segmental headed doorways below, lean-to addition with square headed doorway in angle, loft opening in right gable end. Interior: scissor truss roof to linhay, full length trough with run behind, entered from rear; partitions for carthorse loose boxes right. [1]

The Linhay, Cart Linhay and Stable (Buildings 5-7) were recorded as part of the VBS survey of Brandish Farm in 1993 and described below as:

Stable, now stockhouse: One and a half storey gable-ended, butting onto Cartshed and forming east side of small yard. Roof slate with roll-top black ridge tiles. Walls grey-green and purple rubble stone mixed with red sandstone. East side rendered halfway up with mangers surviving along wall, sockets for roof timbers of removed lean-to shippon visible under eaves. Top part of wall whitened. Segmental stone arches above south pitching door and west ground floor openings. South doorway with black sill bricks. Front ( west) wall with blocked doorway, wood lintel, where lean-to removed, and south opening part blocked to form window. Not marked on 1876 Holnicote Estate map but shown on farm plan drawn between 1876 and 1889 as stable with six boxes and hay loft over. Shown on 1889 OS Somerset sheet XXXIV.2. Small building shown in angle between Cart Linhay and this building, removed c. 1985. Lean-to on rear ( east) elevation, evidence not clear as to when added, removed soon after 1985. Important features: listed grade II with Linhay and Cart Linhay, external appearance, shutter opening in loft, wooden mangers and saddle trees. In a quite good state of repair, door to south end of loft needed.

Linhay: An attractive and useful farm building which with the Cartshed and Stable form an L-shaped group protecting the cobbled and walled yard in front. Single storey open-fronted south facing building with yard in front. Part of west wall angled to respect lane. Roof with half-hip at west end, continuous over Cartshed on east. Front with two rectangular pillars supporting roof plate. Roof slate with red ridge tiles, cement fillets on half-hips, flashing in valley between linhay range and stable. Walls mainly red sandstone rubble with some grey/ purple waterworn stone. Upper part of rear red sandstone, as if possibly rebuilt. Rear door cut through with inserted jambs including some brick. Yard wall rubble stone with rough cement capping. Wooden gate hung on east jamb, off the pins when recorded. Not apparently marked on 1876 Holnicote Estate map but position obscured by later pencil marks. On 1889 OS Somerset sheet XXXIV.6. Shown on the plan of the farm drawn up late in the century between 1876 and 1889 as cattle shed with hay loft over. Built before the Wagon House in the barn yard was altered ( evidence on 1876/89 plan). Important features: listed grade II with stable, external appearance, roof structure. In a good state of repair.

Cart Linhay, now machinery and fuel store: North facing single storey cartshed with roof continuing from Linhay to west. Rear wall continuing to east, forming north wall of Stable, with door to loft in gable. Slightly higher ridge of Stable finishes just behind ( south of) ridge of Linhay and Cart Linhay. Cowshed, which was built later, butts onto east end, which has been rebuilt. Blocked doorway in south elevation to yard, internally only part of this is visible suggesting the floor level has been raised. Roof as above, slate with red ridge tiles. Walls mainly grey/ green waterworn stone rubble. Segmental arch over blocked doorway to yard, blocking stone on exterior, concrete block on interior. Gable of Stable on south wall. East wall rebuilt with concrete block to ridge of Cowshed, space above to this ridge filled with weatherboard. North side with one square timber post surviving supporting central truss. West truss resting on acro-prop. East truss resting on beam running into east wall where stonework returns, inserted A-frame near east wall rests on the end of the beam. Not marked on 1876 Holnicote Estate map, but shown on 1876/89 plan of farm and 1889 OS Somerset sheet XXXIV.6. Built with the Linhay and Stable. East wall rebuilt mid/ late 20c with concrete blocks. Important features: listed grade II with Linhay and Stable, external appearance, roof structure. In a fair state of repair, the east end support of the front is a bit peculiar!. [2]

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