Tithe Barn, Bourton House

The Tithe Barn at Bourton House is a Grade I listed building, dated and initialled '1570 R. P.' on a stone above the main entrance, indicating it was built for Richard Palmer. The barn is constructed of ashlar limestone with a limestone slate roof and limestone gable end coping. It has a rectangular main body featuring two central projecting entrance porches that face each other. There is a later outshut to the left of the rear porch. The facade is buttressed and has a projecting plinth. The main entrance features a projecting gabled porch with a small 20th-century plank double door that has cover strips, set within a larger wooden infill panel and a flat-chamfered four-centred arch, which includes the dated panel with a stopped hood above. A quatrefoil is positioned above the entrance. There is also a square-headed doorway with a wooden lintel and 20th-century glazing on the right wall of the entrance porch. The gable end coping is slightly stepped and has roll-cross saddles.

Inside, the barn consists of seven bays with original roof timbers that include a tie beam with struts, a collar, and clasped purlins. The stone flagged floor slopes upwards towards the right. A small niche with a flat-chamfered ogee is located in the wall of the main body opposite the front entrance porch, and there is a flat-chamfered square niche in the left wall of the front entrance projection.