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Summary

Threshing barn, the upper end of which originally formed part of a late medieval house. Principally of cob and stone with a corrugated iron roof, probably originally thatched.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1097655: BARN ABOUT 5 METRES EAST OF PITT FARMHOUSE

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• THRESHING BARN (XV to XXI - 1401 AD to 2009 AD)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Depicted on 1880s-1890s 25 inch Ordnance Survey map with a horse engine house on the east side which has now gone.

Child, P., 1998, Countryside Stewardship. Pitt Farm, Mamhead (Correspondence). SDV349302.

Surviving smoke-blackened jointed cruck trusses suggest that the upper end of the barn originally formed part of a late medieval house. Whether or not this is the case, the building was altered, presumably in the 18th century to form a conventional Devon threshing barn with central opposing double doors. Otherwise the building is largely devoid of openings and internal divisions. Mainly of cob, although a section on the south-west side has been repaired in brick, with a corrugated iron roof, probably originally thatched. The barn forms an attractive group with the adjacent farmhouse and the linhay range on the south-east side of the yard.

Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.

English Heritage, 2012, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV348729.

Barn about 5 metres east of Pitt Farmhouse. Barn, possibly originally a house. Probably a late medieval house, later used as a barn. Cob on stone rubble footings, one wall partly r,ebuilt in brick ; corrugated iron roof, probably originally thatched.
Plan: Rectangular on plan with 2 different roof structures : a 2-bay jointed cruck roof at the north end and a later, probably 18th century roof at the south end with 4 trusses. The 2 northernmost bays have sooted timbers suggesting 2 possibilities : either an accidental fire which seems less likely given the nature and extent of the smoke- blackening, or a medieval open hall house.
Exterior: Plain elevations with opposed threshing doors and a later doorway in the left gable end.
Interior: The jointed cruck truss is side-pegged with threaded purlins and a mortised collar, the cruck feet decending to the stone plinth. The 4 later trusses are collar rafter and pegged. Group value with Pitt Farmhouse. Date listed: 2nd December 1988.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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