Description

ST JUST

881/0/10054 NEW ROAD
18-DEC-02 Barn at Chyoon, NGR 37703115

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Bank barn. C17 or earlier; remodelled circa C18. Snecked dressed granite boulders with dressed granite quoins; upper courses granite rubble. Scantle slate roof with dressed granite coping and kneelers.
PLAN: Small rectangular single-cell building with entrance to ground floor byre on south east front; raised to 2-storeys in C18 to form barn/loft with doorway in south west gable end at higher ground level.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. South east front has small square ground floor window on right and doorway on left with loft doorway above. South west gable-end with loft doorway on left at higher ground level. Rear, north west, blind. North east gable-end has small loft window on right in original gable, but probably formed later. All openings have granite lintels.
INTERIOR: Loft floor is later replacement; later 3-bay roof with nailed collar trusses.
A rare survival of a small early farm building in the ancient Penwith landscape.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26388327

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)