Barn at Swete Sigford

The Barn at Swete Sigford is a Grade II listed building, dating from the early 19th century with a later 19th-century extension. It is constructed of granite rubble and features a low-pitched gable-ended and hipped roof, which has been re-clad in corrugated iron sheets.

The barn has a rectangular plan and is built into a bank, resulting in a lower ground level at the front and a higher ground level at the rear. The exterior is one storey high. On the southwest front, there is a large doorway on the right, raised above ground level and sheltered by a canopy. To the left, there is a small square window positioned below the eaves. At the rear, where the ground is higher, there is a wide doorway on the right that breaks the eaves, with an opening to the left and an iron drive wheel to its right. The hipped roof extends down over a later 19th-century outshut at the northwest end, which features a wide doorway.

Inside, the barn has an eight-bay roof supported by 20th-century bolted softwood trusses, along with an earlier beam that includes a drive shaft and wheels for farm machinery. This barn is a notable example of granite construction and represents an interesting later development of a small farmstead that originally began as a medieval longhouse.