The Barn

SU 75 NE HARTLEY WINTNEY PHOENIX GREEN

5/779 The Barn 14.10.86 -

GV II*

Barn, now house. C17 barn. Converted by R Weir Schultz into house circa 1903 onwards, and later extended. Timber-framed on red brick plinth and weather- boarded. Plain tiled roof, half-hipped to left, with projecting wing to right Brick stack on left wing and brick stack on projecting left-hand wing. 3 gabled semi-dormers to left and one in re-entrant angle of right-hand wing. Entrance at right end of left wing, the door with margin-light half-glazing, with flanking windows and flat hood arch on brackets. Garden Front: Gabled cross-wing to left and verandah along left of wing. The Barn was converted by Robert Weir Schultz and he lived here until his death in 1951. The contents mostly Arts and Crafts in style, were designed by him, colleagues and friends. He also designed the large (7 acre) garden (not listed). A full set of drawings, including details, photographs and correspondence remain at the house which is still in his family. The Barn is typical of the name reticent cottage style of building taken usually by the more devoted Arts and Crafts Architect. Another example is Hattley Heath Cottage, extended for himself by Ernest Newton, also in Hart District, (Maltingley CP, qv).

Listing NGR: SU7586456132