Former Barn Adjoining Reen Manor House

PERRANZABULOE REEN SW 75 SE 5/104 Former barn adjoining Reen Manor House (formerly listed as Out- 30.5.67 buildings at Reen Manor) GV II

Barn of Manor of Reen, now converted to living accommodation. Possibly Medieval or C16, re-roofed circa early C19, re-floored in the C20. Mixed rubble walls with some dressed granite. Delabole rag-slate roofs with gable ends. Probably C20 rubble chimney at the right-hand end. Plan: L-shaped plan with rear wing (at right angles behind right-hand side) built into the bank at the rear, and with porch giving access to first floor. Later lean- to at left-hand side of porch. At either side of the front is a small projecting former stair tower. The left-hand tower links the barn to the C17 range of Reen Manor House (qv). Threshing floor with opposing doorways is left of middle. Exterior: 2 storeys. 2-window south west front has 3 original weathered buttresses (left, right and middle). Possibly C16 or C18 remodelling or enlargement of older openings) basket-arched openings. Remains of former probable stair tower at far left and right. Old doorway to left-hand tower with blocked window over; later or remodelled doorway to other tower with original slit window over first-floor; loading/winnowing doorway, left of middle buttress. C20 doors and windows. Rear has similar openings. This is a most interesting building and compares with the old barn at Golden Manor (qv), Probus parish. It is recorded that a house was newly-built at Reen in 1590, a possible date of construction or remodelling of this building. Interior: Circa early C19 king-post roof structure, otherwise C20 features. Source: Information extracted from research notes in the possession of the present occupier.

Listing NGR: SW7699954348