Barn At Rowtry

SAMPFORD COURTENAY SS 60 SW 5/158 Barn at Rowtry II Barn, incorporating former cottage. C17, touch altered probably in early C20. Cob walls, partly rendered. Corrugated iron roof hipped at left-hand end, gabled to right. Plan: at present divided into 2 sections by solid wall - larger threshing barn to left, right-hand section was formerly a cottage with a gable end fireplace and appears to have originated as such, although its plan is unclear as it now functions as an animal house. Exterior: Single storey barn to left, right-hand part is 2-storey. Asymmetrical front with cart entrance at left-hand end and a small leanto to left of centre with a small window to its right. Doorway at centre with loading door above. To right of centre is C17 chamfered wooden doorframe, above and to the left of it is an original 2-light chamfered wooden mullion window. Interior: the cottage part has a fireplace with chamfered wooden lintel and well- finished chamfered cross beams. Over the whole of the building the original roof trusses survive consisting of straight principals with threaded purlins and curved collars halved into the trusses.

Listing NGR: SS6329603007