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Summary

Barn dating to the 18th century or earlier. Built almost entirely of cob with a thatched roof. It is a long, rectangular building with a threshing barn at the centre, an animal house at the the left hand end and what is suggested to have been a cider house at the right hand end. This end of the building has, unusually, a fireplace built into the gable wall.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1105273: BARN APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES TO NORTH-EAST OF FISHLEIGH HOUSE

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS50NW/16/1
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARN (Built, XVII to XVIII - 1601 AD (Between) to 1800 AD (Between))

Full description

Department of Environment, 1988, Hatherleigh, 5 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV256974.

Child, P., 1999, Countryside Stewardship Applications: Fishleigh House and Fishleigh Down, Hatherleigh (Correspondence). SDV366534.

An impressive barn situated in a small yard to the north-west of the house, facing a pair of stables. It is built almost entirely of rendered cob under a thatch roof; the retention of a thatched roof is now quite rare in Devon. The barn has a separate section at its west end which was probably originally for housing animals, with a loft over. It is all of one build as the same type of roof truss runs the length of the building. The roof trusses indicate an 18th century date but there are some unusual features in the barn section which could suggest an earlier date and that the building was remodelled in the 18th century. The barn doors are towards one end of the barn section although central to the building as a whole. The presence of a fireplace in the east gable end is particularly unusual. This has a simple chamfered lintel and there is a small window to its right. Otherwise the building is entirely agricultural and open to the roof. The purpose of the fireplace is unknown. There was no evidence for cider making in the building, as referred to in the listing description.

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

English Heritage, 2013, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV350785.

Barn approximately 20 metres to north-east of Fishleigh House. Later C17. Rendered cob and rubble walls. Hipped thatch roof. Long rectangular plan with threshing barn at centre. Former cider house at right-hand end and shippon or animal house at left-hand end. Exterior: single storey barn at centre, the range to either end. Long asymmetrical front with central cart entrance which has projecting cheeks and thatch canopy above. Door at right-hand end and to left of centre which has loading hatch above and small window to its left. 2 blocked slits below eaves either side of cart entrance. Pigeon holes also to either side. Interior: heavy chamfered and stopped ceiling beams in left-hand part. Probably C18 roof timbers consisting of rough straight principals with purlins running along their backs and collars slightly set into trusses.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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