Barn Approximately 25 Metres South West Of Hall House

BISHOPS TAWTON HALL SS 52 NE 10/42 Barn approximately 25 metres 25.2.65 south-west of Hall House

GV II

Barn. C17. Dressed stone rubble brought to course. Slate roof with gable ends. T-shaped on plan, the base of the T forming a 2-storey porch. Main range has pair of buttresses to right of porch and single buttresses to left side outside reset timber mullion window with chamfered surround of 4-lights with pointed arched heads. Porch has opposing C17 4-plank doors to each side wall with timber chamfered mullion windows above of 3 lights close to eaves level. Porch front has single ogee-arched light window above wide cart entrance infilled and heavy jambs and lintel to C17 square-headed doorway inserted with C17 framed and ledged door with pilastered arch way design and fishscale motif in the spandrels, probably brought from C17 Stable Block (q.v.). Opposing wide cart entrance to rear with porch canopy supported by original joists with inserted buttressing pier to right side. Chamfered timber surround. Single buttresses with offsets to each side. Roof structure intact with 5 trusses of straight heavy principals (with lap-jointed pegged collars) and 3 tiers of threaded purlins and ridge purlin. Single C17 truss to porch roof with lath and plaster partition between porch loft and barn with C17 doorway with chamfered surround and original door at right end.

Listing NGR: SS5847327136