Barn About 40 Metres South East Of Tremaer

SS 20 NW BUDE-STRATTON

5/155 Barn about 40 metres south east - of Tremaer

GV II*

Barn. Circa C14 origins, some evidence of medieval rebuilding, C20 rebuilding of first floor at east. Stone rubble of small dimensions to west end and south side, larger stone rubble to north side. 4 westernmost bays have slate roof half-hipped at west end, C20 rebuild of upper part of walling of east bays in concrete block with corrugated asbestos monopitch roof. Original plan large tithe barn with 4 circa C14 trusses surviving at west end. Change in plane on south side and change in floor level of first floor suggest medieval rebuilding. 2 storeys. Medieval entrance on north side under massive timber lintel. Circa C19 steps on north side at west to C19 loft entrance. Single-storey lean-to addition adjoins west end. 4 pigeon holes at west end. Ventilation slits, mostly blocked, to south side. The 4 circa C14 trusses consist of 2 main trusses with intermediate trusses between each, four in all. The main trusses are arch braced, the principals are upper crucks, 1 truncated when the C19 loft entrance was inserted. Slightly cambered collars are mortised into the principals, and wind braces also mortised into principals. The principals have fillet mouldings, the wind braces are narrower than the principals by the width of the fillet. 2 tiers of purlins, repair makes it difficult to see whether they are threaded or trenched. The square-set ridge rests on a yoke. The intermediate trusses consist of 2 principals each which trap the lower purlins above a short strut. The upper purlins are clasped between queen struts, collar and outer principal, and are notched into the outer principal and the queen strut. The ridge rests on a notched yoke. The floor may be a later medieval insertion and is complete throughout the length of the barn with a change in level to the east of the 4-bay western section. The floor consists of massive cross beams, some completely unhewn and short joists laid over the cross beams. At the west end the joists and crossbeams are less closely-spaced. 2 RSJs inserted. The barn is said to have been a tithe barn for Launceston Priory. It is an outstanding survival, although incomplete, of a C14 roof and a building type rare in Cornwall. The only other known Cornish example of a tithe barn is the C15 barn on the manor of the Bishops of Exeter at Cargoll, in Newlyn East, near Newquay. E M Jope, "Cornish Houses, 1400-1700", Studies in Building History.

Listing NGR: SS2074107893