NHER 39809 (Building record) - The Great Barn

May 1983. Listed, Grade II*.
Threshing barn of five steads, about 1790 by Wyatt. Austere neo-Classical style. Gault brick with slate roof. Two pedimented porches on each long wall mark the cart doors. Gables pedimented. Door openings round-headed. Single storey sheds form courtyard around. High level lunettes, some with brick honeycomb vents. Circular openings in main gables. Dentilled cornice.
Information from (S1).
There were also cast iron windows; the interior is of red brick, but some smaller doorways are blocked in similar yellow brick to the exterior, probably Peterstone. Roof renewed but large beams remain that formerly supported lofts. This was the scene of the Holkham Sheepshearings.
See (S2) and (S3) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 7 May 2003.

Previously NHER 1802 context 12.