Barn Immediately North Of Westbrook

SS 92 SW BAMPTON

5/18 Barn immediately north of Westbrook -

GV II

Outbuildings possibly originally a house or service range to Westbrook (q.v.). Stone rubble ; slate roof, gabled at ends, replaced with corrugated iron to rear of ridge. Plan: Single depth plan with an approximately central internal partition. Well- finished cross beams supporting the loft and numerous mullioned windows suggest a higher status origin than a barn. A bulge in the left end could be a former oven and a half beam at the left end suggests that the left end wall may be rebuilt, possibly disposing of a former stack. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical front elevation forming the fourth side of the rear courtyard to Westbrook. 3 ground floor doorways : the two to the right probably C19 but the left hand doorframe chamfered and C17; 2 ground floor 4-light moulded timber mullioned windows ; 3 4-light ovolo-moulded mullioned windows high under the eaves, loft doorway to left. The rear elevation has a blocked doorway with a chamfered lintel and 3 C17 ground floor mullioned windows (1 blocked). The right gable end has 1 ground floor 4-light mullioned window. Interior: some chamfered cross beams with step scroll stops. Most of the roof trusses are post C17 but one, to the right of the partition, is probably C17. A more detailed survey might reveal the origins of this building which is important to the setting of Westbrook.

Listing NGR: SS9350522145