Barn To North East Of Gastrells Farmhouse

SO 81 SE UPTON ST LEONARDS PORTWAY (east side)

6/204 Barn to north-east of Gastrells Farmhouse

GV II

Barn. Early C18; altered early C19. Coursed and squared rubble limestone; timber framed; Welsh slate roof. Five-bay; attached pigsty to north end; timber framed lean-to west. West side: weatherboarding above low stone plinth; large central barn plank doors; attached lean-to to left with weatherboarding. South end: stone gable end with 2 slit vents and pitching hole over having plank door. North end: stone gable end with central slit vent; attached brick pigsty with gabled end and clay plain tile roof. East side: weatherboarded gable to central porch having plank doors; weatherboarding above low stone plinth to left of porch; attached C20 concrete block-built lean-to to right is not of special interest. Timber framed interior with post and truss structure; strutted tie beam and collar roof with 2 rows of purlins; square framing to sides with short diagonal bracing. Inner face of gable ends are random rubble, exterior being refaced in early C19. Forms part of group with Gastrells Farmhouse (q.v.) and cider house (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SO8722113932