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Summary

Barn to the north of the farmhouse which was possibly originally a house or service range.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1325664: BARN IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF WESTBROOK

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS92SW/30/1
• Old Listed Building Ref (II): 96662

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARN (XVII - 1601 AD to 1700 AD)

Full description

Department of Environment, 1987, Bampton, 14 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV54005.

Barn immediately north of Westbrook farmhouse. Outbuildings possibly originally a house or service range to Westbrook. Stonerubble, slate roof, gabled at ends, replaced with corrugated iron to rear of ridge.
Plan: Single depth plan with an approximately central internal partition. Well-finished cross beams supporting the loft and numerous mullioned windows suggest a higher status origin than a barn. A bulge in the left end could be a former oven and a half beam at the left end suggests that the left end wall may be rebuilt, possibly disposing of a former stack.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical front elevation forming the fourth side of the rear courtyard to Westbrook. 3 ground floor doorways, the two to the right probably 19th century but the left hand doorframe chamfered and 17th century; 2 ground floor 4-light moulded
timber mullioned windows; 3 4-light ovolo-moulded mullioned windows high under the eaves, loft doorway to left. The rear elevation has a blocked doorway with a chamfered lintel and 3 17th century ground floor mullioned windows (1 blocked). The right gable end has 1 ground floor 4-light mullioned window.
Interior: some chamfered cross beams with step scroll stops. Most of the roof trusses are post 17th century but one, to the right of the partition, is probably 17th century. A more detailed survey might reveal the origins of this building which is important to the setting of Westbrook. Other details: LBS No. 96662.

Unknown, 1988, Map of Westbrook Farm (Cartographic). SDV359127.

Cluttons, 1988, Westbrook Farm: Existing Floor Layouts with Elevations (Plan - measured). SDV343876.

Plans for conversion showing existing floor plans and elevations.

Unknown, 1995, Westbrook Farm, Bampton (Ground Photograph). SDV365493.

Photos of exterior of barn.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

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Associated Events: none recorded

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