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| HER Number: | MDV134004 |
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| Name: | Barn at Upton Hellions Barton |
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Summary
Barn forming part of a linear range of farm buildings at Upton Hellions. It still has a theshing machine in situ which is connected by a drive shaft to a horse engine in its house behind.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 837 034 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS80SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Upton Hellions |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UPTON HELLIONS |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BARN (XVIII to XIX - 1701 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Child, P, 1988, Upton Hellions Barton (Ground Photograph). SDV364695.
Photos of the surviving machinery in the barn, round house and cider house.
Child, P., 2002, Upton Hellions Barton (Ground Photograph). SDV365347.
Photos of the surviving machinery in the barn, round house and cider house.
Child, P., 2003, Historic Farm Buildings Group: Annual Conference Devon 19-21 September 2003, 22-23 (Report - non-specific). SDV351745.
Upton Hellions Barton is a large and impressive, vernacular house. Its traditional farm buildings have been much altered and some have been lost but their uncharacteristic predominantly linear layout, the barn with cattle housing beyond, is still evident.
A primitive in situ threshing machine survives in the barn which is still connected by a drive shaft to the horse engine in its house behind (C). It is a relatively simple form of barn thresher, with cast iron gears driving the drum and straw walkers, and a plain, unpainted, timber structure. It was perhaps built by a local agricultural engineer, using castings bought from a foundry. The thresher appears to have been raised in height, as all of its six legs have been extended. It is difficult to put a date on it, but it perhaps dates from the second quarter of the 19th century.
Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.
Linear range of farm buildings adjoining the farmhouse.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV351745 | Report - non-specific: Child, P.. 2003. Historic Farm Buildings Group: Annual Conference Devon 19-21 September 2003. Historic Farm Buildings Group. A4 Stapled + Digital. 22-23. |
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| SDV364695 | Ground Photograph: Child, P. 1988. Upton Hellions Barton. Devon County Council Historic Buildings Photo. Photograph (Paper) + Digital. |
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| SDV365227 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2023. Mastermap 2023. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #140323 With location taken from SDV351745, ] |
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| SDV365347 | Ground Photograph: Child, P.. 2002. Upton Hellions Barton. Devon County Council Historic Buildings Photo. Photograph (Paper) + Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV109248 | Part of: Upton Hellions Barton (Monument) |
| MDV134005 | Related to: Horse engine house at Upton Hellions Barton (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 10 2023 11:55AM |
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