Barn And Horse Engine House 100 Metres To South Of Treglyn

SW 97 NE ST MINVER HIGHLANDS 4/267 Barn and horse engine house - lOOm to south of Treglyn GV II Barn with horse engine house attached. Barn 1844 (datestone) with horse engine house added shortly after. Stone rubble with dressed granite quoins and brick segmental arches to openings. Rag slate roof with half hipped ends to main range of barn. Lower rag slate roof with polygonal end to horse engine house. Barn, rectangular in plan with shippons on ground floor and threshing floor above. Horse engine house in polygonal ended range to rear right. Two storeys, asymmetrical elevation to barn. Ground floor with four ventilation slits with pointed heads alternating with three segmental arched openings. First floor with opposing threshing doors to left of centre. Five canted sides to single storey horse engine house on rear; openings partly blocked. Interior of horse engine house with hybrid machinery largely intact including gearing and wheel. King post truss roof. The survival of machinery for a horse engine house is exceptionally rare in Cornwall.

Listing NGR: SW9745076448