Barn Approximately 25 Metres South East Of Higher Upcott Farmhouse

This is a threshing barn located approximately 25 metres south-east of Higher Upcott Farmhouse. It likely dates from the early 17th century and was refurbished in the 18th century. The barn is constructed of plastered cob on local purple-coloured sandstone rubble foundations, featuring large dressed quoins, and has a corrugated iron roof that was originally thatch. It is a small barn oriented on a north-west to south-east axis and built across a slope. Each side has central full-height doorways leading to the threshing floor. Due to the slope, the floor on the south-west side is raised, allowing for loading directly from or to carts. There are large double doors, probably from the 19th century, flanked by short projecting midstray walls on either side. The roof is half-hipped at the north-west end and hipped at the south-east end. Inside, the barn is open to the roof, which consists of three bays supported by 18th-century collared tie beam trusses, along with the remains of one original side-pegged jointed cruck truss.