Tretower Court Barn

Tretower Court Barn is a large, complex building, likely originating in the 16th century with a significant rebuild in the 17th century. It is constructed of rubble sandstone with a stone-tile roof and slightly swept eaves. The barn is divided into two main units by a butt joint; the northern unit is slightly longer and represents the 17th-century reconstruction, while the southern unit dates back to the 16th century.

The west wall, facing Tretower Court, displays the features of the northern unit. A tall cart passage doorway is located to the left, set beneath a renewed timber lintel and fitted with double boarded doors. To the left of this doorway is a smaller doorway with a timber lintel and a boarded stable door. The left jamb of this smaller doorway continues upwards as a full-height butt joint. To the right of the cart passage are three doorways leading to dung and feed passages within the byre, each with boarded doors under timber lintels. Above these doorways, the ends of cross-beams are exposed, potentially indicating a former pentice. The southern unit has a tall, wide cart passage doorway with double boarded doors and renewed timber lintels. Large limestone blocks form the jamb on the lower south side, and two tiers of small openings framed in dressed stone flank the doorway. The south gable end features a blocked window with inserted narrow breathers flanking it, above which is a five-light window with diamond mullions, minor stanchions in wood, and a timber lintel. An opening in the east wall of the southern unit has a renewed lintel and corrugated iron doors, with a single small, framed opening to the right. The northern unit has a boarded-up cart passage doorway to the right, with two openings under timber lintels to the left (the blocking of a third is visible from within), mirroring the byre passages. A corrugated lean-to is attached to the rear of the barn. A tall, narrow breather is located to the right of the cart passage doorway in the north unit, while the north gable end has three tiers of breathers.

A substantial late 15th-century fireplace, at the original first-floor level, is found in the dividing wall between the north and south units, on the north side, with a deep chamfered lintel. The level of the floor is visible within the dividing wall, though little else remains. Inside the northern unit, a rubble stone partition wall runs between the byre and the barn, abutting the main walls and rising to the height of the cross-beams, defining the position of a former loft that was lower than the first floor of the original building. To the south of this partition wall, the three passages have flagged floors, and the former stalls are partly cobbled. A first-floor stack sits on corbels in the south face of the dividing wall, though it is now blocked beneath the roof.