Barn About 5 Metres East Of Pitt Farmhouse

MAMHEAD SX 98 NW

8/311 Barn about 5 metres east of Pitt - Farmhouse

GV II

Barn, possibly originally a house. Probably a late medieval house, later used as a barn. Cob on stone rubble footings, one wall partly r,ebuilt in brick ; corrugated iron roof, probably originally thatched. Plan: Rectangular on plan with 2 different roof structures : a 2-bay jointed cruck roof at the north end and a later, probably C18 roof at the south end with 4 trusses. The 2 northernmost bays have sooted timbers suggesting 2 possibilities : either an accidental fire which seems less likely given the nature and extent of the smoke- blackening, or a medieval open hall house. Exterior: Plain elevations with opposed threshing doors and a later doorway in the left gable end. . Interior: The jointed cruck truss is side-pegged with threaded purlins and a mortised collar., the cruck feet decending to the stone plinth. The 4 later trusses are collar rafter and pegged. Group value with Pitt Farmhouse.

Listing NGR: SX9399479691