Leigh Court Barn
Leigh Court Barn, Leigh, Worcester, WR6 5LB
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1349245
- Date first listed:
- 09-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Leigh Court Barn
- Statutory Address:
- Leigh Court Barn, Leigh, Worcester, WR6 5LB
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1349245
- Date first listed:
- 09-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Leigh Court Barn
- Statutory Address 1:
- Leigh Court Barn, Leigh, Worcester, WR6 5LB
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Leigh Court Barn, Leigh, Worcester, WR6 5LB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Malvern Hills (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Leigh
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 78347 53505
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 09/09/2020
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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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 153353
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain in Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, Vol. 32, (1973)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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