Barn Court

LANGAR CUM BARNSTONE CROPWELL BISHOP ROAD SK73SW (south side) 5/118 No. 3 Barn Court 1.11.74 formerly listed as 'barn immediately west of Bottom House Farmhouse' GV II Former barn now house. Early C18 but retaining the roof system and ½-posts of a C16 or C17 structure. Converted into a house in the 1980s. Brick. Pantile roof with gable copings on square kneelers. Two inserted ridge stacks. Three roof lights on each pitch. Originally a three-bay structure with full-height, opposing square- headed cart-entries. The one on the south side is now fully glazed, with, to the right, 2 large casement windows and to the left two smaller ones all with segmental head. The cart-entry on the north side (facing into the courtyard) has been part-blocked giving a smaller segmental headed doorway now glazed, with 2 small flanking lights. Ventilation slits on both elevations. Attached to the right side of the north elevation is a lower range which has been extended on the west side. This range is part of a range of former cattlesheds which enclose the farmyard to the north of the house. Interior: the centre bay is marked by 2 frames arch-braced to ½ posts. One frame has housings for studding, vertical below the tie-beam and chevron pattern above. Two purlins to each pitch, arch-braced to the principal rafters.

Listing NGR: SK7233634417