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Latitude: 52.1794 / 52°10'45"N
Longitude: -2.3181 / 2°19'5"W
OS Eastings: 378347
OS Northings: 253505
OS Grid: SO783535
Mapcode National: GBR 0DW.8RT
Mapcode Global: VH92R.RHW4
Plus Code: 9C4V5MHJ+PQ
Entry Name: Leigh Court Barn
Listing Date: 9 February 1988
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1349245
English Heritage Legacy ID: 153353
ID on this website: 101349245
Location: Leigh, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, WR6
County: Worcestershire
District: Malvern Hills
Civil Parish: Leigh
Traditional County: Worcestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Worcestershire
Church of England Parish: Leigh and Bransford
Church of England Diocese: Worcester
Tagged with: Tithe barn
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Leigh Court Barn
(Formerly listed as Cruck Barn, Leigh Court)
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Barn. Probably C14. Cruck-framed with weatherboarded walls and tile roof. South-east wall has two gabled porches. Main roof half-hipped. Two cart entrances in north-west wall. Some studwork is exposed externally, mostly with brick infill. Some original wattle-and-daub infill remains on north side. Interior: ten bays. Each cruck truss has an arch-braced collar with struts in the spandrels, and the tops of the blades joined by a yoke. These carry the ridge, either directly or by means of a vertical post. The two tiers of wind-braces on each side have curved wind-braces. Each porch has two cruck trusses.
The barn, with a length of 140 feet, and trusses nearly 33 feet high, spanning 34 feet, is the largest cruck building in the country. Radiocarbon dating, although not conclusive, suggests that the building is C14, with a date of c1325 likely. (Charles, FWB and Horn, W: "The Cruck-Built Barn of Leigh Court, Worcestershire, England", Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, March 1973, Vol XXXII, no 1). Scheduled Ancient Monument, County number 308.
Listing NGR: SO7835053504
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