Barn 30 Metres To North Of Bokelly

Barn. Possibly of the 17th century or earlier, this barn is constructed of stone rubble with large dressed quoins. The roof is of rag slate, with half-hipped ends and a lower hipped end over the central midstrey. The barn originally comprised 11 bays with a central midstrey with a waggon entrance on the front, now blocked with stone rubble on the outer face and concrete block on the inner face. Wide double doors were originally located on the rear. The barn has been extended to the rear on the right with a stable, to the right-hand end with 20th-century workshops, and to the front on the right with a lean-to outshut. Despite these additions, the original openings remain unaltered and intact.

The tall main range has a blocked central entrance within the midstrey, with the flanking walls pierced by three deeply splayed slit openings. The openings on the right-hand side are obscured by the later lean-to outshut, and a stone rubble buttress with a granite string is present on the left-hand side. One wall has been partly rebuilt, likely in the late 18th century. The rear elevation features three slit openings on either side of a central rear entrance, which has tall corrugated asbestos doors. A stable, dating to the mid to late 19th century, is located on part of the left-hand side, obscuring the rear elevation. The right-hand side of the main range leans out and has likely been partly rebuilt. The left-hand half-hipped end has four tiers of pigeon holes, and the slit opening in the right-hand end has been slightly enlarged by removing the splayed reveals.

The interior is undivided and lofty, lit by deeply splayed slits on all four sides. There is evidence of holes for the seating of floor joists for a possible inserted first floor. Numerous pigeon holes are present, some of which are partly blocked on the exterior. The roof structure, dating to the late 18th or early 19th century, features principals that are partly halved, lapped, and pegged or bolted at the apex with a diagonal set ridge. Tie beams and two tiers of collars are lapped and pegged and bolted onto the face of the principals. The earlier arrangement of the roof structure is uncertain. It is suggested that the barn was originally strongly buttressed, although there is little evidence of this in the masonry. The barn remains remarkably unaltered, and its quality is a rare survival in Cornwall.