MEM22320 - Blagdon Barn (Building)
Summary
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Type and Period (2)
Protected Status
Full Description
This is a well built barn of apparently one phase of construction with some modern repairs. It is rectangular, built of stone and lime mortar bonded, orientated northwest-southeast with a barn door on the southwest side. There are two ventilation windows; one high up in each gable. There is a smaller opening on the rear (opposing that on the southwest wall), which could be used for feed into a linhay attached at a lower level on the northeast side. The linhay has two piers replaced with concrete block construction, a modern byre against the barn wall and a rough floor of pitched stone. There is a projecting ledge on the northeast wall of unknown function. The barn is apparently in relatively good condition, although unused. There is, however, a crack developing in the northwest gable end below a collapse of the tin roof. It was not possible to access the interior of the barn. [1] The barn is shown on the 1839 Tithe Map. The linhay is L-shaped, with a no longer extant part of the structure extending from the north end towards the northeast. [2] The barn is labelled 'Blagdon Barn' on the 1st and 2nd Edition Ordnance Survey maps. It still retains its L-shape on these maps. [3,4]
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SEM1 Verbal communication: Various. Various. ENPA archaeologist field visit. Visit by S Blaylock, 13 March 2013.
- <2> SSO711 Map: Pursey, R.P.. 1839. Withiel Florey Tithe Map and Apportionment. 6 chains = 1".
- <3> SEM6703 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1868-1901. County Series; 1st Edition 25 Inch Map. 1:2500.
- <4> SEM7190 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-1907. County Series, 2nd Edition 25 Inch Map. 1:2500.
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Other Statuses/References
- Local List Status (Unassessed)
Location
Grid reference | Centred SS 9796 3364 (19m by 24m) |
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Map sheet | SS93SE |
Civil Parish | BROMPTON REGIS, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
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Record last edited
Jul 25 2018 2:26PM
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