Description

ST BURYAN
SW 42 NE
5/36 Barn at approximately 40 metres
- north of Bosliven Farmhouse
GV II
Barn. Circa early C19, extended circa 1870. Granite rubble with granite dressings.
Grouted scantle slate hipped roof. Cast-iron ogee gutters at the front.
Plan: Large rectangular barn (granary over shippons built in 2 phases). Original
barn (right) has threshing floor, with opposing loading/winnowing doorways, on the
left; later barn has central threshing floor. Both barns have old (but not original)
stone steps up to their rear doorways.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Virtually unaltered 3-window south-east front. 3 original
ground floor doorways, 2 first floor loading doorways. 4 original small window
openings have C19 shutters with glazed top lights.
Interior: Original first floor structure; Cl9 roof structures; old shippon fittings
and fittings for hoisting sacks.
In 1849 the farmer at Bosliven, John Eddy, is said to have hung himself in this barn.

Listing NGR: SW4185525243

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26612852

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Devon (Pevsner 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