16th Century Barn

This restored barn and its connected house are Grade 2 listed.  It needs regular maintenance and decoration, just like any other building, but its listed status protects it from inappropriate changes.  The decorator here has started rubbing down the woodwork of the windows: there's a lot of work to do there.

Speaking of which, I may have to start decorating my house next week.  It is long overdue.

Further information about the building, from britishlistedbuildings.co.uk:


House and attached barn, now a restaurant. Barn late C16, possibly built
for Robert Taylor between 1594-1603. House c.1800. All heavily restored
1925. Exposed timber frame, early C20 brick nogging. Tiled hipped roofs.
Small double pile 2 storey house of 6 bays. 3 window front, timber
casements with leaded lights, some mullions. Central entrance in ground
floor lean-to pantiled extension. Thin studding with some straight
braces. Right return has 2 storey bow with ground floor French windows
and first floor sashes. Stacks to rear of main ridge. Rendered C19
extension to rear. Link block to barn on left has machine tiles down to
low eaves. Barn: 4 bays, original 5th bay embodied in link, probably
aisled originally. Scattered leaded casements. Entrance to right. 2
stepped up brick buttresses. Similarly exposed studding . Gablets to
hipped roof. Right end stack. Weatherboarded lean-to to left. C20
extensions to rear not of special interest. Interior: re-used timbers in
house, barn has jowled posts with curved braces to cambered tie beams,
curved queen struts, collar beams. Part floored over late C17. Fireplace
inserted.