Barn About 25 Metres East Of Harobeara Farmhouse

Barn about 25 metres east of Harobeara Farmhouse

This is a large barn, probably dating from the late 16th or early 17th century, with successive additions from the 17th, 19th and 20th centuries. It is built of slate-stone rubble, partly slate-hung, with granite dressings, and has a slate roof with gable ends.

The barn consists of a main range with a gabled front wing to the left, added around the 17th century. A later addition to the left end of the shippon with loft dates probably from the 18th or 19th century. Further additions were made to the right end and to the front right. The building is built into the bank at the rear.

The front elevation is 2 storeys high and has been partly rebuilt to the left in concrete with 2 doorways. The front gabled wing has a slurried slate roof. In the front gable end are double doors, with a 2-light hollow-chamfered granite window above and another window opening to the left. The left side of the wing features an external granite stair to the loft. The right side of the wing is partly rebuilt in the 20th century with a doorway. In the main range to the right is a granite doorway with a 4-centred arch, hollow-chamfered, with heart-shaped stops. To the front right is a single-storey rubble lean-to with a door. The right end has a 19th-century rubble lean-to with hipped roof and door. The left end has an external stone stair leading to the loft door and a ventilation slit at lower level to the shippon. At the rear, the barn is built into the bank with ventilation slits and a door with timber lintel opposing the door in the main range. There is a straight joint between the main barn and the attached shippon.

Internally, the main range has an 8-bay roof reusing earlier timbers. The principal rafters rest on the wall-tops, with upper and lower collars pegged to the principals and 2 rows of purlins, some trenched and some resting on the backs of the principals. The front wing is a stable with loft over. The shippon attached to the left has a heavy chamfered beam at ground floor level.