Barn at Court Farm with the attached precinct wall is a Grade I listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 January 1956. A Medieval Barn. 1 related planning application.

Barn at Court Farm with the attached precinct wall

WRENN ID
salt-oriel-violet
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Country
Wales
Date first listed
9 January 1956
Type
Barn
Period
Medieval
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The barn at Court Farm, along with its attached precinct wall, is a building of group value. It is constructed of red sandstone rubble with a stone tiled roof. The barn is a rectangular block, showing evidence of two distinct phases of construction. The original medieval section, facing the road, has corner buttresses. A roughly 50% extension was added to the rear when the building was converted into a barn. The walling of the extension suggests that the roof, gable, and top of the walls were rebuilt at that time. The gable elevation incorporates a triple window, likely taken from elsewhere within the Priory, consisting of two 14th-century windows with cusped heads flanking a window possibly dating from the early 13th century. A large pointed chamfered archway, blocked by rubble stonework and featuring two tiers of ventilation slits, sits beneath a triangular opening, above which is the rebuilt gable with the triple window. The east wall exhibits an opening leading to a hay loft, centrally positioned, and a blocked opening to the left. A buttress is situated at the end of the medieval section, and a barn door, protected by a timber lintel, is found in the extension on the west wall. The medieval section has a small arched doorway leading to a demolished range, which may have functioned as a guest house or infirmary. The north gable is blind.

Attached to the west side is a red sandstone rubble wall, rising to approximately 2.5 metres, originating from the foundations of a range west of the Priory Gatehouse and forming part of the precinct wall that once encompassed seven acres. This section includes the base of a tower and a doorway into it at the southwest corner. The precinct wall then turns northwards and extends for around 50 metres.

Inside, the interior appears older than the exterior, suggesting a possible 12th-century origin, with surviving fragments of half columns and vault springing visible. Evidence of repairs to the walls and a new roof are apparent. The roof over the medieval section features principal rafter trusses with collars and ties, and three tiers of purlins, a design repeated in the extension but using sawn timbers.

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