Barn And Courtyard Range Of Outbildings At Wick Farm

The barn and courtyard range of outbuildings at Wick Farm is an early 19th-century structure designed as an eyecatcher folly, with a mid-19th-century courtyard featuring low stalls and cartsheds. The building is constructed of rubble stone and has a part stone slate roof. The barn showcases Gothic elements on its north end and west side, including a stepped gable topped with a large cross finial. The north end features a blank pointed arch with raised imposts and two buttresses within the arch, reaching up to the impost height. The gable includes a Y-traceried blank panel. Flanking the gable are large canted three-sided false towers that extend to the base of the gable, complete with side buttresses, flat parapets, and loops. The west side has large blank pointed arches and a central coped gabled cart entry with an ogee-pointed opening and a Y-traceried blank panel in the gable, although the ogee-arch is obscured by a later lean-to. The east entry is high gabled, with lean-tos on each side. The barn features a 6-bay king-post and angle strut roof. Single-storey ranges enclose a large yard to the east, with the east range being half the length of the barn. The courtyard has largely been infilled with 20th-century buildings, which obscure the east side of the barn and the range of outbuildings attached to the north. It is said that the barn was built as a folly for the Badminton estate.