Description

BUCKFASTLEIGH

SX76NW GRANGE ROAD, Buckfast
1011-1/1/37 (South side)
10/01/51 Nos 1 AND 2 Tithe Barn

GV II

Formerly known as: Abbey Barn at Grange Farm GRANGE ROAD
Buckfast.
Barn to Buckfast Abbey. Probably late C13 in origin, reduced
in width and height and, later (c1970s), converted to houses.
Local grey limestone and slatestone rubble; slate roof, gabled
at ends.
Plan: sited at some distance from the abbey complex. Aligned
west-east. A plan of 1935 by AW Everett indicates that the
original south side wall has been demolished and rebuilt on a
line further north. The barn was 7 bays with a central
midstrey, the evidence of the original roof construction noted
by Everett prior to the conversion indicated what would now be
interpreted as a former base cruck roof. Everett also noted a
former horse engine house to the north.
EXTERIOR: the early medieval walls are battered rather than
buttressed. The rear (north elevation) is the most complete
and mostly blind to east of a projecting rear wing, now a 3rd
house. Small, secondary doorway in centre of exposed rear
wall. End walls extend to their full medieval width, according
to Everett's plan, but the southern parts are now garden walls
to the houses. South elevation has seven C20 small-pane
casements and C20 ground-floor windows and doors, including a
garage door. East end wall not seen externally but said by
Everett to have at least 7 slits, 6 feet high with internal
splays.
INTERIOR: west end house partially inspected. This retains
some chamfered stopped crossbeams from an early loft, although
the date is uncertain.
Roof: not inspected but said to be modern timbers. The
archaeological evidence for the roof form, noted by Everett,
may still survive inside the barn.
Although severely and insensitively altered this is an
important medieval survival and another significant medieval
building in the Buckfast Abbey group.

Listing NGR: SX7373667418

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504135

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)