Barn With Attached Wall To The East Of The Stable Block At Clevedon Court

Barn with attached wall to the east of the stable block at Clevedon Court

This one-and-a-half-storey barn sits on a slope with a north to south axis and a rectangular plan. It is constructed of rubble walls with large dressed stone details and is covered by a modern pantile roof. An open lean-to shelter is attached to the southern end of the west elevation, and a cross wing projects from the east side. A tall rubble wall with buttresses, approximately 8 metres long, runs east from the south-east corner of the barn and forms part of the current boundary.

The west elevation contains a central pair of doorways with wide segmental-arched heads and window-lights above them. A timber casement window sits to the north, and on either side of the entrance are narrow arrow-slit openings with large stone surrounds. At the south end of this elevation is an open shelter with large stone piers (some replaced in the 20th century) and a pitched tile roof with 20th-century timbers. The north gable end has two central windows; the stonework around the first-floor opening indicates it was previously a door. This gable also contains two arrow slits. The east elevation displays two arrow slits flanking a segmental-arched window at the north end. A small wing projects from the east elevation with external stone steps leading to a first-floor late-20th-century timber door on the north elevation of the wing. This wing has an exposed stack with an external fireplace, suggesting the area to the east was originally roofed. Beside the stack on the east end is a late-20th-century plank door with a two-centered pointed arch made of stone voussoirs and keystone, and a late-20th-century timber casement window above. The south gable end of the main barn is obscured by the adjacent building but displays a cusped trefoil opening under the eaves in the top of the gable wall.

The barn is accessed via the two entrance doors on the west elevation. The left door leads to a central passage corridor with flagstone flooring. To the left of this is a plank and batten door leading to a ground-floor room currently used for storage. This room contains a large timber beam running the width of the room; the timber appears to have been reused, as it is chamfered with stops at one end of the wall and another pair two-thirds of the way along. Most timbers in the room, including ceiling joists and shutters, are 20th or 21st-century replacements. The right entrance leads through to the southern end of the building, an open space now used as a table tennis room. The walls are painted stone with small fragments of plaster surviving. Six blocked windows with splayed openings are visible at first-floor level, and above in the south gable is a similar but smaller attic window. Around the room on three sides are series of square holes at first-floor height with another row below. Those at first-floor height may represent supports for a horizontal division; the purpose of the lower row is unclear, though they may have been the location of a cider press. The first floor consists of a room at the north end with a replacement late-20th-century timber panel partition and a timber balcony over the central passage overlooking the open southern section. This floor is accessed via the external stone steps and entrance on the east elevation. The king-post truss roof is a late-20th-century replacement.

The stone rubble wall with buttresses running off the south-east corner extends approximately 8 metres east and shows evidence of blocked windows and doorways, suggesting it was originally the wall of a roofed building and is now used as part of the boundary wall.