Barn At Little Arthur Farm

The barn at Little Arthur Farm is a mid 19th-century structure built from coursed granite blocks with ram mortar and features worked quoins. It has a gabled pantile roof, with spikes visible on the east elevation suggesting that it may have originally been thatched. The barn has a rectangular two-storey plan, with the west elevation showcasing a corrugated iron loft door above a central door opening. To the left of this door, there is a timber shutter and platform leading to another loft door, as well as a 2-pane fixed-light window with a pigeon hole. The south gable includes three ventilation holes.

A concrete block lean-to with a corrugated iron roof has been added to the north gable, located on the site of an earlier livestock enclosure that was bounded by a granite rubble wall. To the west, there is a raised cobbled path, with a granite rubble wall on its western edge that fronts a midden. This barn is a complete example of a mid 19th-century field barn, typical of those constructed in west Cornwall during this period. It is dramatically situated on land that slopes south towards the sea and is considered the best example of its type on the islands, representing significant agricultural improvements of the time.