Barn 15m west of Thornton Manor

A threshing barn, associated with Thornton Manor.

MATERIALS: the barn is constructed of dressed rubble and Cotswold stone, and blocks of Blue Lias. The roof is currently Welsh slate.

PLAN: rectangular plan, stands on the northern side of the farmstead.

EXTERIOR: a three-bay barn stone barn with brick upper level. The northern elevation retains the double-height threshing door whilst on the southern side there is evidence of its removal and brick infill. The arch survives. Evidence of threshing doors survives, partially infilled.

The height of the barn has been raised in early-C19 and this is demonstrated by the third storey being constructed of a darker red brick laid in English garden wall bond. The original roofline is evident on the western gable, showing a much steeper pitch.

In both the northern and southern elevations there are examples of diamond pattern brickwork used for ventilation positioned in the central and western bays. There also surviving slit ventilators, on both the northern and southern elevations. These are located either side of the midstrey, although some now blocked.

The glazed windows are likely to be C20 insertions owing to the presence of concrete lintels.

On the roof, a small, glazed lantern with a leaded ogee roof and weathervane.

INTERIOR: there is a surviving stone threshing floor at the western end of the barn. There is a timber mezzanine level at the eastern end of the barn which provides access to the first-floor level and to the dovecote via a timber staircase.

On the ground floor, there is timber partitioning to the eastern end of the first floor, thought to be early-C19.

The first floor is accessed from the mezzanine via a short timber staircase. This forms a small granary with former grain bins and is lit by inserted casement windows.

The dovecote comprises regularly spaced nest boxes. A tile course forms the base of the nest boxes and forms a ledge for perching.