Description

SX 79 NW HITTISLEIGH

5/157 Three adjoining barns approx
5m south-east of Westwood
Farmhouse

GV II

3 adjoining barns. C16, extended in late C17-early C18. Plastered cob on high
rubble footing; corrugated iron roof (formerly thatch). Long range facing north-
east, 2 storeys high throughout comprising small C16 barn at right (north-west)
end, large central barn and small left barn, both latter are late C17-early C18.
C19 caratshed to front at right end, with lean-to roof. To left large C16 oak
shoulder-headed door with C20 hayloft loading bay over. Both other barns have
large doors, the centre barn with ventilator to right. The right hand barn has 2-
bay roof with C16 oak truss of massive scantling with true cruck principal to front
and ordinary principal to rear, pegged lap-jointed collar and some of original
trenched purlins. Also axial beam to hayloft of massive scantling. Other barns
have A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars, 5 bays to centre and 3 to
left.

Listing NGR: SX7166995489

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26563197

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6