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Farmbuildings at Murton Farm (Ord)

A 19th century planned farm, built about 1880. The farm buildings are arranged in a square plan with dovecote, cart shed, granary, stables, byres and workshops. This is a Grade II Listed Building. (1-2)

Planned farmbuildings. c.1880. Snecked stone with Welsh slate roofs. Square in plan. Front range of single-storey byres with higher gabled carriage arch. Dovecote in gable and vane over. On right return 2-storey cart shed and granary. 8 segmental arches on ground floor. On 1st floor 10 windows with shuttered lower sections and 8-pane upper sections. Rear range and range on left return are 2-storey also with stables, byres and workshops on the ground floor and granaries above. They have irregular openings with boarded doors and louvred windows. Yard in centre is covered by 3 original parallel roofs. Interiors of these roofs have fine king- and queen-post construction. (3a)
N2324
Victorian (1837 to 1901)
Listed Building


Source of Reference
Local History of Ord

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