Barn and Adjoining Piggery at Higher Trewern

The barn and adjoining piggery at Higher Trewern, dating from the early 19th century, are constructed from granite rubble with granite dressings. They feature hipped roofs covered in grouted scantle slate, with a half-hipped roof over the barn and a gable end for the piggery. The barn has a rectangular plan that includes a central waggon shed, flanking shippons, and a large granary on the first floor. There is a later 19th-century lean-to at the left end and an extension at the rear right. The piggery, located at the far right, was built in two phases and is a single-storey structure.

The exterior of the barn is nearly symmetrical with a two-window south front, featuring a wide central waggon doorway and a loading/winnowing doorway above it. Each flanking shippon has a central doorway with a first-floor window above, a small window opening to the left of the doorway, and a ventilator slit to the right. The right-hand doorway has been converted into a window. The barn also has old ledged doors and some old shutters. The piggery front includes four piggery doorways, along with a doorway and window that likely served a swill kitchen on the left. The interior has not been inspected.