Description

ST 82 NW MERE MERE PARK

4/53 Barn at Lower Mere Park
7.8.86 Farm

GV II

Barn. Mid to late C18. Timber frame, unbraced, weather boarded or rubble
plinth wall, some brick noggin at end nearest farmhouse, Welsh slate roof. A
long building to half-hipped ends and two hipped cart entries set symmetrically
on west front; paired plank doors opposed to paired doors set flush on east
side. Lean to additions not of special interest. Eight bays with tie beams to
jowelled posts, two purlins, diagonal ridge, many original rafters. At south
end exterior brick nogged two bays have full height brick partition internally
set just to south of the truss, and a floor inserted. At the time of survey
(July 1986) the centre of the barn filled with hay and interior details con-
cealed. Part of Mere Park, a property of the Duchy of Cornwall. Groups with
the Granary (qv) to its west.

Listing NGR: ST8457529182

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26423713

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)