Barn 130 Metres South Of Broadwell Manor

SP2404-2504 BROADWELL VILLAGE STREET (West side) 8/133 Barn 130m S of Broadwell Manor

GV II Barn, with dovecote loft in porch. Possibly C16/early C17 in origin, re-roofed in matching style C18/C19. Coursed limestone rubble with dressed quoins; C20 artificial stone slate roof; stone gable copings with gabled finials to main range. 4 bays. Square vent holes. Left bay has through cart entry, the yard side with large gabled porch projection. Porch has wooden lintel over cart entry, and C16/C17 hollow-chamfered stone mullion window with 2 4-centred arched lights and Tudor hoodmould. Above is a vent slit in chamfered surround with trefoil head. Left side of porch has blocked doorway and loft door with stone slab ledge. Lower range attached to left gable end of barn is not of special architectural interest. Interior of barn has stone slab threshing floor and fine triple purlin roof. Trusses have tie beams, arch-braced collars and central struts from tie-beam to ridge. Timbers are pegged but are of modest proportions with straight gouged carpenters' marks, and are probably C18/C19. Porch loft has wooden partition and wall box with 8 dove entries.

Listing NGR: SP2512504057