Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
8678
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/06/1984
Date of Amendment
01/10/1996
Name of Property
Fir Court Stables
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Churchstoke
Town
Montgomery
Locality
Churchstoke
Easting
327449
Northing
294031
Street Side
S
Location
Located alongside Castle Road. Fir Court stands to its S, and the Tithe Map of 1840 suggests that there was once a further range of farm buildings between the two.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Possibly of late C17 construction. It is not clear whether it was originally built as stables.
Exterior
Two ranges at right angles with one storey and a hay loft. The long E-W range is timber-framed and timber clad with a corrugated asbestos sheet roof. The short N-S range is of coursed masonry under a tile roof, the W side of which has been partially rebuilt.
The S side of the main range has four sets of stable doors. Above them, but not aligned, are four hatched openings into the hay loft. There is also an opening into the hay loft in the E elevation. The rear (S) of the stone range has one hatched opening into the hay loft under a segmental brick arch. The W elevation of the masonry range has been altered by the insertion of a rough concrete lintel, possibly to enable the enlargement of windows on each side of a stable door which may be in its original location. The openings contain 6-pane casement windows, now blocked. The N elevation of the stables has fewer openings (three doors in all) as it would have faced away from the farm and there is no access into the hay loft. There is a small extension of masonry and timber cladding with a cat slide roof. The NE corner of the masonry range has brick quoins possibly for structural reasons.
Interior
No access to the interior at time of inspection (February 1996). Said to contain simple tie-beam trusses.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well preserved range of stables with hay loft above. Group value with Fir Court.
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