Historic houses · West Midlands
Leigh Court Barn
Leigh Court Barn — a Grade I-listed historic house in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
Fabian Musto — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Leigh Court Barn is a Grade I-listed building in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom. Grade I status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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From the Wikipedia article
Leigh Court Barn is a cruck framed barn at Leigh, Worcestershire, England, built in the early fourteenth century to store produce for Pershore Abbey. It is the largest and one of the oldest cruck barns in Britain, measuring over 43 metres (141 feet) long, 11 metres (36 feet) wide and 9 metres (30 feet) high, supported by nine pairs of massive oak beams. Radiocarbon dating places its construction about 1325.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 52.1794, -2.3179
- County
- Worcestershire
- District
- Malvern Hills
- Parish
- Leigh
- Postcode
- WR6 5LB
- Parliamentary constituency
- West Worcestershire
Sources
- wikidata: Q6519565 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Leigh Court Barn (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Leigh Court Barn?
- Leigh Court Barn is in Worcestershire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode WR6 5LB), in the parish of Leigh.
- Is Leigh Court Barn a listed building?
- Leigh Court Barn is officially recognised as Grade I listed.
- How do I get to Leigh Court Barn?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode WR6 5LB. It sits within the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency.