Summary
Single storey, single cell barn, roof of double roman tiles over walls of mainly waterworn rubble stone. Lowland areas tend not to have outlying barns, this may be the remnant of an earlier farmstead or provision for the harvest of the rich land around Bossington, famous for its barley.
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Monument Types
- BARN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BARN (Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)
Description
Single storey single cell barn in field behind Methodist Church, gable-ended. Roof of double roman tiles with matching ridge. Walls mainly waterworn stone, some quarried, some larger stones - particularly in quoins. South jamb doors rebuilt as opening has been widened. Half-hips in gables with stone and crude mortar ( suggests former thatch). Northeast corner rebuilt. Shown on 1841 Porlock Tithe map. On the details with the Estate map the barn is held by John Fry, of Hensleighs ( Hensleys) and Abingtons, now Lower House. The barn is marked N18 and given as 'Barn, Outhouses and Court'. N17 is Abington Close and N19 Abington Orchard. Two small buildings added to north and east elevation ( shown on 1903 OS 2nd edition Somerset sheet XXXIV.2) but not shown on 1929 map or 1974 1;2,500 map SS 8847-8947.
Important Features:
External appearance.
Roof structure.
Barn doors.
In a fair state of repair.
Outbuildings:
Ruin: Only the lower courses of the southeast and part of the northeast walls remain of this building, with the footings of the northwest side. The entrance was probably on the southwest end. A break in the northeast wall suggests a possible doorway. These walls are not shown on the 1903 OS Somerset sheet XXXIV.2 but are on the 1929 revised 2nd edition. It still existed in 1974 ( SS 8847- 8947). The building shown immediately to the north was on the 1841 Porlock Tithe map. The Wesleyan Methodist Church, along the roadside on the southwest, was built between 1889 and 1903 (evidence from relevant D.S. maps). [1]
A threshing barn is set between two fields immediately west of the lower end of Bossington village. It is stone rubble in build, with a tiled roof, but would have been thatched originally. Other remnants of buildings survive, particularly to the southeast where two walls at right angles represent a further building. The area to the east and north is recorded as site 115178. [2-3]
References
- SNA65155 - Unpublished document: Isabel Richardson. 2007. Bossington Farm Archaeological Survey. 115221.
- SZN4698 - Vernacular Building Survey: Isabel J Richardson. 1992. VBS: Abingdon Barn, Bossington. [Mapped feature: #181189 ]
- SZN48220 - Unpublished document: Isabel Richardson. 2001. Holnicote Estate Archaeological Survey, Somerset. 115221.
Designations
None Recorded
Other Statuses and References
- HER/SMR Reference (External) (Exmoor NP HER): MEM22144 Exmoor National Park HER
- National Park (Exmoor)
Associated Events
- ENA6642 - Field Survey, Bossington Farm Archaeological Survey
- ENA3149 - Field Survey, Archaeological Survey of the Holnicote Estate 2001
Associated Finds
None Recorded
Related Records
None Recorded