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Summary

Site of a 16th century stone-built barn which was much rebuilt in the late 17th/early 18th century and late 18th/early 19th century. The 16th century roof structure remained in situ until its partial collapse in 1992. The building was demolished in 1994.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST01NW/4/2
• Old Listed Building Ref (II*)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARN (Built, XVI - 1501 AD to 1600 AD)

Full description

English Heritage Engineer, 1993, Ayshford Court Farm. Farm, Photos (Report - non-specific). SDV49779.

Assessment of the building undertaken in February 1992 in order to ascertain the structural damage caused by the collapse of the roof and the work needed to make the building safe. The roof at the western end of the barn upt t the stone cross wall has completely gone and the next bay has also partially collapsed. The walls have not suffered too badly, apart from damage caused to the north-west corner and the outer top corner along the length of the north wall.
Proposed remedial work included moving the timbers resting against the north wall so that they are no longer exerting pressure on the wall, taking down the truss over the cross wall, and the purlins and rafters from the next bay, tying remaining trusses together at eaves height and protecting exposed wall tops.

Clements, H. A., 1993, Report on Buildings at Risk in the Devon Part of the Blackdown Hills, 20, 60, 108 (Report - non-specific). SDV344049.

Risk level 1. Unoccupied. Very bad condition (B.A.R 1.1.1).

Thorp, J., 1995, The Collapsed Barn at Ayshford Court, Burlescombe, Devon (Report - Survey). SDV49778.

A 16th century threshing barn with cob and rubble walls. Much rebuilt in late 17th/early 18th and late 18th/early 19th centuries. The 16th century roof structure remained in situ until a partial collapse in 1992 and a complete collapse in 1995. Theb arn is seven bays long (probably originally eight bays) with eight trusses. There are probably former threshing floors in bays 3 and 6.

Humphreys, C. + Wapshott, E. + Green, T., 2013, Barns at Higher Ayshford Farm, Burlescombe, Devon: Results of a Desk-Based Assessment and Historic Building Recording, 31, 33, Fig. 22 (Report - Survey). SDV351661.

The remains of a 16th century barn (10) set slightly to north of centre in the farmyard. The building was largely demolished in the mid to late 20th century and only parts of the south and east walls remain. The surviving stonework is similar to that of the perimeter wall.

Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.

Site of building shown.

English Heritage, 2014, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV355683.

Barn approximately 20 metres north-est of Ayshford Court. Barn. C16, much-altered in the C20. Local stone rubble; corrugated iron roof, formerly thatch. Plan and exterior description: former threshing barn facing onto a lane to the north-west and backing on to a later farmyard. Most of the front wall has been demolished to create an open 5-bay front. There is a stone crosswall dividing the barn into two compartments, the left one larger than the right one. The roof is gable-ended. Interior is open from the ground to the roof and the interior walls are plastered. The original 7-bay roof survives substantially intact and is made up side-pegged jointed cruck trusses with collars mortised, tenoned and pegged to the principals. The 3 sets of trenched purlins and ridge are mostly intact and several bays still contain curving windbraces from single sets between the lowest purlins. The cruck posts descend nearly to ground level and it is they that determine the bay arrangement of the open front. This rare example of a C16 barn forms part of a good group with Ayshford Court (q.v.) and its associated buildings. Listed at Grade II*.
(Delisted: 13th August 2024)

Historic England, 2024, Barn approximately 20 metres north-east of Ayshford Court, Westleigh, Tiverton (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV366060.

Notification that the barn has been removed from the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest as it is no longer extant. The barn, which was dated to the 16th century, formed part of a good group of buildings with Ayshford Court. It was listed in 1988. It was demolished with permission granted in 1994.

List Entry Number was 1106464.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4580 - Buildings at Risk Survey
• EDV6191 - Historic Building Recording of Barns at Higher Ayshford Farm (Ref: BAC12)

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