Barn At Upcott Barton

SS 90 NW THORVERTON UPCOTT LANE 5/161 Barn at Upcott Barton - GV II Threshing barn. Possibly C18 or earlier in origin, re-roofed in the C19. Cob on stone rubble footings; slate roof, half-hipped at left end, hipped at right end. Large barn, sited on a slope, at right angles to Upcott Barton (q.v.). 2 sets of opposed doors. The right end may have been used for storage, the left end and centre for threshing. Single-storey at the left and centre, lofted at the right end. The front elevation has 2 sets of double doors with cob cheeks. The right hand doorway has chamfered jambs. Doorway with timber lintel at the right below a loft doorway with a timber lintel. The rear elevation also has double doors with cheeks; the left end is rendered with 1 ground floor and 1 first floor window. Loft entrance in left gable end. Interior C19 roof trusses; cob partition (but not to apex) between single-storey and lofted sections of barn. An unusually large and complete barn form ing a fine group with Upcott Barton.

Listing NGR: SS9254804047