Barn And Linhay Approximately 7 Metres West Of Langstone Farmhouse (South)

This is a barn and linhay located approximately 7 metres west of Langstone Farmhouse, dating from the 17th century for the barn and late 17th to early 18th century for the linhay. The structure is built from large granite stone rubble with rough courses and massive roughly-shaped quoins, topped with a corrugated iron roof that was formerly thatch.

The buildings are arranged in a line facing northeast, built down a hillslope and partly terraced into it. At the left end, which is downhill, there is a threshing barn with a byre and hayloft above on the right. The barn features nearly full-height double doors at the centre for accessing the threshing floors and is open to the roof. To the right, there is a doorway leading to the byre, with a hayloft loading hatch directly above and a narrow slit window to the right. A granite crosswall separates the barn from the byre, and the roof is supported by large oak A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars. There is evidence that the truss principals were once lap-jointed onto vertical posts buried in the side walls. The barn roof is half-hipped on the left and gable-ended on the right.

Set back a short distance from the barn front and uphill to the right is a 4-bay linhay, which was originally open-fronted. The roughly-finished crossbeams are supported on monolithic granite posts, and posts rise from these through the hayloft, featuring curving heads that are lap-jointed to the bases of the outer principles of the A-frame roof trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars. In the 19th century, the central two ground floor bays of the linhay were filled with rubble, and the hayloft front is now weatherbounded, including a roughly central loading hatch. All the joinery, including that of the barn, dates from the 19th century.

This barn and linhay form a picturesque group with the other listed farm buildings associated with Langstone Farmhouse to the north and south.