Bank Barn, Engine House, Mill And Linhays Immediately South South West Of Colton Farmhouse

This listing describes a range of farm buildings, including a bank barn, horse engine house, linhays, and a water mill, located immediately south-southwest of Colton Farmhouse. The buildings date from 1806 and are constructed of stone rubble with a hipped slate roof on the barn, while the roofs of the linhays and mill are clad in corrugated iron.

The layout features a large two-storey bank barn to the north, with a semi-circular ended horse engine house on the higher north side and a cattle yard on the lower south side, surrounded by open-fronted single-storey linhays. The barn has six segmental arch shippon doorways on the front facing the yard, two large barn loading doors above (with one blocked), and ventilation slits between. A stone tablet under the eaves displays the initials "IT" and the date 1806. At the back of the barn, there are two similar barn doorways and ventilation slits, along with the large semi-circular ended horse engine house in the center, which has a semi-conical roof, blocked ground floor openings, and external stone stairs on the west side leading to the loft.

The linhays facing the yard are supported by circular stone rubble piers, with six bays on the west side, four bays on the east side, and six bays on the south side (some of which are blocked). In the southeast corner, there is a water mill featuring a large overshot wheel pit on its outer south side.

Inside, the loft over the horse engine house contains corn bins. The barn and engine house feature original tie-beam truss roofs with tenoned purlins, and the barn has lapped collars. The south linhay has a similar roof but without collars, while the east and west linhays have tie-beam trusses with purlins resting on the backs of the principals. It is noted that Colton Farm was formerly part of the Nettlecombe estate, and the datestone initials belong to a member of the Trevelyan family.