Barn Approximately 4 Metres West Of Higher Stiniel

SX 78 NW CHAGFORD

4/34 Barn approximately 4 metres west of - Higher Stiniel

GV II

Bank barn. Late C17 or early C18. Granite rubble with large dressed granite quoins; thatch roof. Small bank barn terraced into the hillslope above Higher Stiniel (q.v.). The ground floor is a stable facing east and the first floor a barn facing west. The stable front has a doorway with a low segmental head to right and slit window to left, and 2 small unglazed windows above serving the barn. There is a another similar doorway to the stable in the right (northern) end. The barn is loaded by a doorway in the western side and has ventilator slits each end. Roof is half-hipped each end. Interior has plain carpentry detail including a 5-bay roof of A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars. This is a well preserved small bank barn and unusual as an agricultural building which is still thatched. Furthermore Stiniel is an exceptionally picturesque Dartmoor hamlet and the barn forms part of a group which includes 3 important listed farmhouses; Higher Stiniel (q.v), Stinhall (q.v) and Stinhall Cottage (q.v).

Listing NGR: SX7059985550