Barn at Batt's Farm
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Barn at Batt's Farm
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 17 Mar 2012
I always look out for this fine old barn when on the train northeast of Bruton and attempted a photo this time. Seen across an old orchard with young guarded trees, it has C16 origins and retains a clay tile roof and three buttresses http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-261506-the-barn-20-metres-south-of-batt-s-farmh . "Said to have been a tithe barn of Bruton Abbey ... apparently church services were held in the barn until the 1940's". The half-hipped roof end can be seen in Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.135239
Longitude
-2.410999