Barn Approximately 12 Metres East Of Edge Barton Manor

SY 18 NE BRANSCOMBE 7/9 Barn approximately 12 metres east - of Edge Barton Manor

GV II

Barn. Late C17-early C18, possibly associated with datestone of 1683. Local stone rubble including a proportion of squared blocks of Beerstone ashlar. Some have incised decoration similar to some in the main house and therefore are thought to be reused material. Thatch roof. Plan: bank barn on a north-south axis. It is terraced into the hillslope. The barn itself is entered from the terrace on the west side where there is also a large C19 horse engine house. This side has a full height double doorway. There is a smaller doorway opposite. The basement is a coach house facing east. Exterior: on the east side the double doorway is flanked by short projecting midstrey walls. To right of it is the engine house, the roof of which is carried on Beerstone ashlar posts. The main roof is half-hipped each end. In the north end there is a stone inscribed HB 1683 and a window here is blocking a former hayloft loading hatch. A C20 window has been inserted into the south end. On the west side the left (north) end is stone rubble where the stables abut. The rest however is weather-boarded timber framing over a 4-bay coach house, each bay containing double doors. All the joinery detail is C20. Interior has plain but sturdy carpentry detail. The barn is open to a roof of A- frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars. The southern trusses (the section with the timber-framed west wall) rest on tie beams which are supported on the west side on oak posts with jowled heads.

Listing NGR: SY1858289948