Beara Charter Barton

Beara Charter Barton is a building with origins dating back to the 16th century, which was extended in the late 17th century and underwent restoration in the 1980s. It features whitewashed rubble walls and slate roofs, with a gable end on the left and a hipped roof on the right of the front range. The original layout was a three-cell cross-passage plan with a lateral hall stack and likely included a two-storey porch. In the late 17th century, the building was extended on both sides to create a double depth plan, with two parallel ranges that are slightly offset. During this time, the lower end was also remodeled and extended to form a kitchen cross-wing, resulting in an overall L-shaped plan.

The stacks have been rebuilt in brick at the upper end of the earlier range and at the hall stack in the angle of the L-shape, with an additional tall brick stack for the kitchen range. The building is two storeys high and has a four-window range of 20th-century casements. The lower end is slightly recessed and features a 20th-century door and a two-light casement to the right. The upper end has an off-centre half-glazed door with a small window and a two-light casement to the right. Inside, there are chamfered beams in the hall and a chamfered lintel at the hall stack. Much of the internal joinery remains intact, including an unusual 17th-century staircase handrail with two tiers of turned oak balusters. There are three chamfered and stopped doorframes at the top of the stairs, two with ovolo chamfers and bar stops, and one with a straight chamfer. A hearth in the room to the left of the stair landing features a herringbone slate back and a raised ovolo-moulded lintel. The hall has two closed trusses with lath and plaster partitions at each end, featuring lap-jointed collars and formerly two tiers of threaded purlins, but there is no evidence of smoke-blackening. Four later trusses were inserted over these when the roof was heightened, also with two tiers of threaded purlins.