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Summary

Unlisted probable 17th to 18th century four bay barn with thatched roof, previously listed at Grade II but perhaps altered in the later 20th century

Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status

• Conservation Area: Inkpen

Other Statuses and Cross-References

• Old Listed Building Ref (pre 1984) (II): Map No 32 17/12a Two barns at West Court Farm. Now one barn at Church Farm.
  C.17-18, one four bay, one seven bay, weatherboarded with thatched roof.

Monument Type(s):

• TIMBER FRAMED BARN (17th century to 18th century - 1601 AD? to 1800 AD)

Full Description

Two barns at West Court Farm were formerly listed at Grade II <1> in 1950, but one was demolished prior to the 1980s review of listed buildings. They were described as 17th to 18th century in date, one being four bays long and one seven bays, weatherboarded with a thatched roof. The longer barn is likely to be that shown on historic Ordnance Survey mapping from the First Edition <2> up to the 5th Epoch of 1972 <3>, but not present in the early 21st century. A shorter agricultural building to its southeast may be the four bay barn; while this has survived, its roof is not thatched in a 2010 air photograph <4>. However, a third small barn, extant within the grounds of the listed Church Farm House is weatherboarded and thatched <4>, and this may have been part of the listed barn, as it is reduced in size from its 1970s extent <3>.

Several planning applications at Church Farm in the 1970s sought to demolish, reconstruct and convert one or more barns. In 1979 approval was given for an outline scheme for the erection of one house 'on the site of the old barns' <5> at 'Church Maples'. In 2002 a dwelling on the site was known as The Old Rickyard.

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