Barn And Adjoining Horse Engine House And Linhay Approximately 20 Metres To South East Of Upcott Barton

This listing describes a barn, horse engine house, and linhay located approximately 20 metres southeast of Upcott Barton. The barn dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century and has undergone mid to late alterations. The adjoining horse engine house and linhay were built in the mid to late 19th century.

The barn is constructed of cob on an uncoursed stone rubble plinth and features a gable-ended corrugated-iron roof. The horse engine house is made of uncoursed stone rubble and also has a gable-ended corrugated-iron roof. The linhay has an uncoursed stone rubble ground floor, with cob in the loft and a gable-ended scantle-slate roof. The first-floor piers have been rebuilt in 20th-century concrete block, likely replacing timber posts.

The barn has a double plan aligned north-south with two pairs of opposed cart entrances. The horse engine house projects between the entrances to the east, while the linhay adjoins the south end of the barn, also projecting to the east. The cart entrances feature pairs of large boarded doors and wooden lintels, with shallow pent-roofed porches over the eastern entrances. There is an old drive belt below the porch at the northeast entrance, to the left of the doorway, where the left-hand support of the porch was removed in the late 19th century when the horse engine house was added. Minor late 19th-century lean-to additions are present on the west side.

The gabled horse engine house to the east has an open north side and pairs of openings with wooden lintels in the gable end and the south side. The linhay has a five-bay open front with a loft supported on circular stone piers.

Inside, the barn likely features an early 19th-century ten-bay roof with trusses made of straight principals and nailed collars, along with pairs of purlins. There are two openings leading into the horse engine house, which contains old line shafting associated with it, along with belt wheels of various sizes. The horse engine house also has a large longitudinal wooden beam and belt wheels that were formerly used to drive a belt wheel under the northeast porch. A section of the old drive shaft and its support still survives. This site is included as part of the complete farmstead group of Upcott Barton.