Description

865/0/10005
02-DEC-02

OTTERY ST MARY
WIGGATON
Barn immediately south of Burrow Hill Farmhouse

GV
II

Barn. C17; extended C19. Unrendered cob on stone rubble plinth. Thatched roof with half-hipped ends.
PLAN: 3-bay barn with double-doors at front to central threshing bay; east bay partitioned off later and floor inserted; single storey stone range added to rear [south] of east bay.
EXTERIOR: North front has central doorway to threshing bay with chamfered frame and plank double doors and thatched eaves above carried down to form canopy; to left a smaller doorway with plank door. Rear [south] weatherboarded on left, central doorway with plank doors and stone rubble wing on right with thatched gable-ended roof.
INTERIOR: Complete 3-bay roof with two jointed cruck trusses, the east with dovetail lapped collar and with later partition, two tiers of trenched purlins and diagonally trenched ridgepiece, common-rafters intact. Later loft floor in east bay.
A fine example of an unaltered C17 cob barn with its original roof structure.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26388296

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)