Survey Data
Reg No
13402408
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Outbuilding
In Use As
Outbuilding
Date
1860 - 1900
Coordinates
227148, 264059
Date Recorded
17/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached multiple-bay single-storey barn with attic associated with Newport House (13402401), built c. 1890. Single-bay single-storey shed with pitched natural and artificial slate roof attached to rear (west). Pitched corrugated-metal roof with cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered random rubble limestone walls, cement rendered to east elevation, having dressed limestone block-and-start limestone quoins to the corners. Square-headed door openings at attic level to gable apexes, having timber battened doors. Shallow segmental-headed carriage arch to east and south elevations having dressed limestone voussoirs and dressed limestone block-and-start surrounds. Segmental-headed door openings to west gable end and north elevations having red brick voussoirs. Modern corrugated-metal doors to most openings. Located adjacent to the north of Newport House (13402401) and to the east of Legan. Set slightly back from road with rendered boundary walls with crenellated limestone coping over to road-frontage to the east. Gateway to the northeast comprising a pair of rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having wrought-iron flat bar gates. Hooped wrought-iron pedestrian gate to the south elevation.
Appraisal
This interesting and substantial barn forms a pair of related sites along with Newport House (13402401) to the south, and retains its early form and character. It is robustly built using rubble stone masonry, while the dressed limestone quoins to the corners and the dressed limestone surrounds to a number of the openings are of a quality not normally encountered on functional farm buildings. This barn combined many functions under a single roof as it housed cattle, accommodated milking equipment and also served as a store in its upper sections, the crops being delivered directly via the upper doors in the gable ends. Its scale and detailing indicates that this landholding was progressive and prosperous at the time of construction, c. 1880 - 1900. This unusual barn is an interesting feature on the rural landscape to the east of Legan, and is a worthy addition to the built heritage of the local area. The simple boundary walls and wrought-iron gates add to the setting and complete this composition.