Description

ST BURYAN TREWOOFE
SW 42 NW
5/173 Large barn at approximately 90
9.6.77 metres west-south-west of Trewoofe
Farmhouse
GV II
Bank barn, now converted to living accommodation. Circa early C19, remodelled from
or on site of an older barn. Granite rubble with granite dressings. Scantle slate
hipped roofs.
Plan: Overall U-shaped plan. Large rectangular bank barn (built into bank at rear)
has single-storey wings projecting in front at either side. The left-hand wing
adjoins the left-hand end of the barn; the other wing is built in front of the right
hand side of the barn and projects farther. central C20 porch is a rebuilt replica of
the porch from St Buryan Methodist Chapel reusing the original materials.
Exterior: 2 storey 4-window east barn front flanked by front end of single-storey
wings. Central C20 porch (see plan). Original openings except for some inserted C20
openings. Barn has doorway within porch; doorway (now window) at far left; doorway
(now window) left of porch; windows right of the porch and former loading doorway
(now window) over porch. Front ends of wings are blind.
Rear of barn has 2 original doorways which originally were approached by short
flights of granite steps (now reused as copings to C20 wall in front of barn).
Interior not inspected.
A barn at Trewoofe is mentioned in documents of 1760. This barn stylistically
appears to be early C19 and together with all the other buildings at Trewoofe in
this list was marked on the 1884 tithe map.
Sources: Information researched by Margaret Powell.

Listing NGR: SW4385125379

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26612892

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Recommended Books

• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability