Barn, Calf House And Linhay Approximately 3 Metres South East Of Freathingcott Farmhouse

This is a barn, calf house, and linhay located approximately 3 metres south-east of Freathingcott Farmhouse. The barn is likely 17th century, although it was reroofed probably in the mid-19th century. The calf house and linhay were newly built in the mid-19th century. The building is constructed of local stone rubble with roughly-dressed quoins; the barn has a corrugated iron roof (likely formerly thatched), while the calf house and linhay have slate roofs.

The building has an L-shaped plan. The long main block runs down a steep hillslope and faces west. At the uphill, north end is a large double barn containing two sets of opposing full-height doorways onto the threshing floors, flanked by short projecting midstrey walls with small hoods. There’s a secondary doorway at either end of the front, with a flight of stone steps leading to the downhill one. A loading hatch is in the north gable-end. To the right of the barn is a calf house, flush with the front of the barn, containing a full-height doorway. Beyond that, a lower byre has two round-headed doorways with a ventilation slit between them. The linhay is a four-bay crosswing projecting forward and facing north into the farmyard, and is open-fronted. It features crossbeams fixed to full-height timber posts, characteristic of Alcock's linhay type T1. The roofs are gable-ended, stepping down from section to section.

Inside, the building displays plain but sturdy 19th-century carpentry, including king post truss roofs. Together with other farm buildings around the farmyard, it forms an exceptionally good group of traditional farm buildings serving Freathingcott Farmhouse. The visual impact of the group is enhanced by their positioning on a steep hillslope.