Newnton Farm Barn

This is a large barn, likely built in the early to mid-18th century, with a stable attached to the northeast side. A date of 1764 is scratched into a stone on the inside corner of the eastern porch. The barn is constructed of coursed rubble stone with alternating flush quoins, and has a stone slate roof with ball finials to the gables. Originally, there were six large, plain buttresses on each side of the barn; however, three on the northeast side have been incorporated into the stable wing, creating an L-shape.

The barn features two centrally located, projecting gabled cart entries, each two stories high, with segmental relieving arches above timber lintels and double timber doors. A pitch hole is present in each gable, with the western entrance now blocked and the eastern entrance similarly blocked. There’s a segmental arch on the wall plane. Slit vents are found on the sides and ends. The gable ends also include round-headed pitch openings with a keystone and imposts set in a surrounding of flush stone, and a small relieving arch. Two small 20th-century windows are located below the gable on the south end.

Inside, the barn has eight bays with king post trusses resting on collar beams. Small corbel posts are positioned at the base of the principals. There are three tenoned purlins. An internal partition wall rises to the first-floor height and runs halfway down the south side. The stable wing features a pitch hole above the door, a two-light window on the south side and a ball finial to the gable.