Barn At Lower Mere Park Farm

ST 82 NW MERE MERE PARK

4/53 Barn at Lower Mere Park 7.8.86 Farm

GV II

Barn. Mid to late C18. Timber frame, unbraced, weather boarded or rubble plinth wall, some brick noggin at end nearest farmhouse, Welsh slate roof. A long building to half-hipped ends and two hipped cart entries set symmetrically on west front; paired plank doors opposed to paired doors set flush on east side. Lean to additions not of special interest. Eight bays with tie beams to jowelled posts, two purlins, diagonal ridge, many original rafters. At south end exterior brick nogged two bays have full height brick partition internally set just to south of the truss, and a floor inserted. At the time of survey (July 1986) the centre of the barn filled with hay and interior details con- cealed. Part of Mere Park, a property of the Duchy of Cornwall. Groups with the Granary (qv) to its west.

Listing NGR: ST8457529182