Paston Great Barn
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1306240
- Date first listed:
- 16-Apr-1955
- Statutory Address:
- Paston Great Barn, Bacton Road, Paston
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- Paston Great Barn, Bacton Road, Paston
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- North Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Paston
- National Grid Reference:
- TG 32190 34538
Details
TG 33 SH
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PASTON
BACTON ROAD
Paston Great Barn
16.4.55
II*
Barn. Dated 1581. Coursed Quaternary flint and chert with brick and Lincolnshire Limestone ashlar dressings. Thatched roof.
East side. Two full height double doors symmetrically placed flanked by slated stepped buttresses. Further stepped buttresses at intervals. Slit lights to flanks, the lower halves blocked. Gabled roof. North gable wall with two tiers vertical slits and further slit light at apex. Date plaque 1581.
West side. Three stepped buttresses and doors opposite the eastern entrances. Slit lights as before. Later flint and brick engine house built against wall with hipped thatched roof. Over south door a plaque bearing inscription: THE BILDING OF THIS BEARNE IS Bl SIR W PASTON KNIGHTE (sic). South gable with two tiers ventilation slits and further light in apex.
Interior. Ventilation slits splayed on interior. Magnificent roof of alternating tie beam and hammerbeam trusses, all on arched braces dropping to wall posts on timber corbels. Queen struts rise to principals and are linked to collars by arched braces. Subsidiary collars above. Three tiers butt purlins and curved windbracing below second tier. Scheduled Ancient Monument, County number 168.
Listing NGR: TG3219034538
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 224294
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
British Geological Survey, Strategic Stone Study, accessed 24 February 2020 from https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/buildingStones/StrategicStoneStudy/EH_atlases.html
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing