Cart Shed Approximately 20 Metres To North-West Of Bere Barton

BERE FERRERS BERE FERRERS SX 46 SE 7/21 Cart shed approximately - 20 metres to north-west of Bere Barton

GV II

Probably originally a great barn, partly demolished and converted to an outbuilding, likely to have been a cart shed, with a loft above. Probably medieval, partly demolished and reconstructed. Rubble walls. Part slate part asbestos slate roof hipped at left-hand end, half hipped at right-hand end. 2/3 bay cart shed on ground floor with loft above reached by external door at gable end where it is built into the slope. Incorporates remains of medieval barn which extended further to the left. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical front with 3 irregularly spaced openings, the middle one possibly inserted, the outer ones are wide cart entrances with timber lintels. Doorway at right-hand gable end to first floor has stone arch. The rear wall incorporates part of a battered medieval wall with slit openings which extends to the south-east towards the house, without a roof, and which probably represents the remains of a large medieval barn.

Listing NGR: SX4584963413