Description

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SX 17 SE
4/159

ST NEOT
Range of barns about 15 metres west of Mennabroom Farmhouse

GV
II
Range of barns. The central barn is possibly C17, with an C18 barn attached to right
and a later range, probably of C18-C19, attached to left. Granite rubble, with corrugated asbestos roofs with a gable ends; the C18 barn has a hipped roof.

Plan: the central building was probably originally a shippon, with front openings only; attached to right is an C18 bank barn of two storeys; attached to the left end is a range of single store outbuildings, in an L-plan.

Exterior: the central shippon has gable end, slightly projecting beyond the front of the barn to right; there is a doorway in the right end, with a blocked loading door above with timber lintel. The front has three ventilation slits, with splayed reveals internally and roughly hewn granite lintels; attached to the front is a mounting block. Ventilation slit to rear. The barn to right is of two storeys; the front has a window at ground floor to left and a doorway; at first floor to right there is a loading door with timber lintel. The right end has a door at ground floor; the gable end is clad in corrugated iron at upper level. At the rear there is a loading door corresponding to the door on the front. There is a straight joint to left of the shippon, joining to the single storey range; this has two stable doors with timber lintels and a small central single light with granite lintel. The end roof is hipped, with a blind end wall. The shippon and the attached single storey building have C19 roof structure.

Listing NGR: SX1627670568

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26597319

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