The Great Barn At Newhouse Grange is a Grade II* listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1966. A Medieval Barn.
The Great Barn At Newhouse Grange
- WRENN ID
- odd-railing-summer
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1966
- Type
- Barn
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SK30SW; 3/91
SHEEPY, ORTON LANE, SHEEPY MAGNA (south side), The Great Barn at Newhouse Grange
07.11.66
GV
II*
Large medieval aisled barn. C14-C15. Timber-framed largely with C18-C19 brick infilling. Plain-tiled roof. Paired doors with chamfered lintel ashlar surrounds in gable end. Three sets of wide double doors in long elevation. Seven bays. High brick plinth inside, square pillars on high stone bases carry spurs to the wall plate and are braced to a collar. From this, queen struts rise to a higher collar. Each bay has secondary truss with wall post supporting cambered truss rising to higher collar. Common rafters are carried by four sets of pullins and there are wind braces in 1st, 3rd and 4th section of the roof slope. No ridge piece. One complete partition to east, framed in close-studded panels and with a tie beam as well as the collars. Main roof is carried in a continuous sweep over the aisles, and at each gable, is hipped with gablet.
Said "to have been the storehouse for the Leicestershire portion of the produce belonging to Merevale Abbey", White's Leicester, 1863.
Listing NGR: SK3176402349
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